WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1980
Find out what all happened February to March 1980

Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. (26. February 1980)

Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. (22. February 1980)

Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing. (10. March 1980)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. (23. February 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)

Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation. (2. February 1980)

The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal. (24. February 1980)

Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy. (17. February 1980)

Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador. (24. March 1980)

Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal. (29. February 1980)

At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people were killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation. (18. March 1980)

The Radio Caroline ship, Mi Amigo founders in a gale off the English coast. (20. March 1980)

The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. (3. March 1980)

The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated by the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo (25. February 1980)

US President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan. (21. 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)

Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower (10. March 1980)

Dallas aired its "A House Divided" episode which led to 8 months of international intrigue regarding Who shot J.R.? (21. March 1980)

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

Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum. (28. February 1980)