WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1980
Find out what all happened March to December 1980

Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. (30. September 1980)

The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union. (24. October 1980)

Iraq invades Iran. (22. September 1980)

Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. (4. March 1980)

Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. (23. March 1980)

Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. (9. October 1980)

The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level. (24. July 1980)

The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. (27. March 1980)

Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges. (27. March 1980)

The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization. (8. May 1980)

The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland. (8. August 1980)

John Lennon is murdered by a deranged fan in front of The Dakota in New York City. (8. December 1980)

After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity. (31. August 1980)

Patrick Depailler, French Grand Prix driver was killed in a crash at Hockenheim during a private test session. (1. August 1980)

Zimbabwe joins the United Nations. (25. August 1980)

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.224 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. (5. September 1980)

A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage. (15. July 1980)

Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War (2. October 1980)

Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law (30. July 1980)

The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross. (3. June 1980)