1980

Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1980 by topic:
Arts
ArchitectureComicsFilmHome videoLiterature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – RadioTelevisionVideo gaming
Politics
Elections – Int'l leaders – Sovereign states
Sovereign state leadersTerritorial governors
Science and technology
ArchaeologyAviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – PalaeontologyRail transportSpaceflight
Sports
Association football (soccer) – Athletics (track and field) – Badminton – BaseballBasketball – Boxing – Cricket – Golf – Horse racing – Ice hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling – Rugby league – Rugby union – Table tennis – Tennis – Volleyball
By place
Afghanistan – Algeria – Antarctica – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Azerbaijan – Bangladesh – Belgium – BrazilCanadaChileChina – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cuba – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Estonia – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – IcelandIndia – Indonesia – Iraq – IranIrelandIsrael – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – LuxembourgMalaysiaMexico – Moldova – NetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPakistan – Palestinian territories – PhilippinesPoland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – SingaporeSouth AfricaSouth Korea – Spain – Sri LankaSwedenTaiwan – Thailand – TurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited States – Venezuela – Vietnam – Yemen
Other topics
Awards – Law – Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions
Works entering the public domain
1980 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1980
MCMLXXX
Ab urbe condita2733
Armenian calendar1429
ԹՎ ՌՆԻԹ
Assyrian calendar6730
Bahá'í calendar136–137
Balinese saka calendar1901–1902
Bengali calendar1387
Berber calendar2930
British Regnal year28 Eliz. 2  29 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2524
Burmese calendar1342
Byzantine calendar7488–7489
Chinese calendar己未(Earth Goat)
4676 or 4616
     to 
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4677 or 4617
Coptic calendar1696–1697
Discordian calendar3146
Ethiopian calendar1972–1973
Hebrew calendar5740–5741
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2036–2037
 - Shaka Samvat1901–1902
 - Kali Yuga5080–5081
Holocene calendar11980
Igbo calendar980–981
Iranian calendar1358–1359
Islamic calendar1400–1401
Japanese calendarShōwa 55
(昭和55年)
Javanese calendar1912–1913
Juche calendar69
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4313
Minguo calendarROC 69
民國69年
Nanakshahi calendar512
Thai solar calendar2523
Tibetan calendar阴土羊年
(female Earth-Goat)
2106 or 1725 or 953
     to 
阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
2107 or 1726 or 954
Unix time315532800 – 347155199
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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

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Moscow Olympic Games on August 2, 1980

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December 8: Former Beatles member John Lennon is shot dead outside his home in New York.

Date unknown

World population

World population
1980 1975 1985
  World 4,434,682,000 4,068,109,000 366,573,000 4,830,979,000 396,297,000
  Africa 469,618,000 408,160,000 61,458,000 541,814,000 72,196,000
   Asia 2,632,335,000 2,397,512,000 234,823,000 2,887,552,000 255,217,000
Europe 692,431,000 675,542,000 16,889,000 706,009,000 13,578,000
Latin America
& Caribbean
361,401,000 321,906,000 39,495,000 401,469,000 40,068,000
  North
America
256,068,000 243,425,000 12,643,000 269,456,000 13,388,000
Oceania 22,828,000 21,564,000 1,264,000 24,678,000 1,850,000

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Nobel Prizes

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