* 1980 – President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U. S. economy rebound.

* 1980 – Eight U. S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.

In 1980, the U. S. Congress passed an Acid Deposition Act.

Cambridge U. Press, 1980.

The group had no major hits in 1980, but by 1981 they released two Top Ten hits with " Oh No " (# 4 U. S .) and their first upbeat single in almost five years, " Lady ( You Bring Me Up )" (# 8 U. S .)

The first U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti arrived in October 1980.

* 1980 – Four U. S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.

* 1980 – The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or Superfund, is enacted by the U. S. Congress.

After a drop-off in such seizures for some years, several U. S. tuna boats were again detained and seized in 1980 and 1981.

In 1980 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and was on a U. S. postage stamp in 1983.

Another point which has distanced these strips was the U. S ./ Canada-centric humor, with a few jokes being totally untranslatable to some languages, however by 1980, the strip became the universal family fare product that it's known for.

* Upton, Anthony E. The Finnish Revolution, 1917-1918 ( U. of Minnesota Press, 1980 )

* 1980 – Through cooperation between the U. S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper.

* 1980 election for U. S. Senate

* J. Joseph Smith ( 1904 – 1980 ), U. S. Representative from Connecticut

In 1980, the U. S. had boycotted the Summer Olympics held in Moscow in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

During their 133 years in power ( 1847 – 1980 ), the Americo-Liberian ruling class had a complicated relationship with the U. S.

Between 1946 and 1960 Liberia received from some $ 500 million in unrestricted foreign investment, mainly from the U. S. From 1962 to 1980, the U. S. donated $ 280 million in aid to Liberia.

Between 1945 and 1980, the posture of Western European states towards Liberia was largely that of the U. S .. Americo-Liberian rulers received hundreds of millions of dollars in unrestricted foreign investment, mainly from the U. S., but also from Western Europe.

From 1962 until 1980, the U. S. donated $ 280 million in aid to Liberia, in exchange for which Liberia offered its land free of rent for U. S. government facilities.

Memoirs of War, 1914-1915 Cornell U. Press, 1980.

But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

And there must be many Soviet citizens who know what is going on and who realize that before they can hope to enjoy the full life promised for 1980 they and their children must first survive.

and, though he repeated, over and over again, the spectacular figures of industrial and agricultural production in 1980, the `` ordinary '' people in Russia are still a little uncertain as to how `` communism '' is really going to work in practice, especially in respect of food.

In this instance, there was a dosage of 562 during the first two hours and a total dosage of 1980 for the four-hour period, a four-fold increase.

A second, by Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980.

* In 1980, Gérard d ' Aboville was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean rowing solo.

George Stevens, Jr., served as director from the institute's founding until 1980.

He was followed by Jean Picker Firstenberg who held the position of President and CEO from 1980 to 2007.

After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work — including his final two epics, Kagemusha ( 1980 ) and Ran ( 1985 )— continued to win awards, including the Palme d ' Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.

Existing americium is concentrated in the areas used for the atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted between 1945 and 1980, as well as at the sites of nuclear incidents, such as the Chernobyl disaster.

From 1980 to the present, ski-lifts have been modernized and snow-making machines installed at many resorts, leading to concerns regarding the loss of traditional Alpine culture and questions regarding sustainable development as the winter ski industry continues to develop quickly and the number of summer tourists decline.

Others, such as 1980 Hungarian film, Kojak Budapesten ( not to be confused with the 1986 comedy by the same name ) create their own scenarios involving Christie's criminal skill.

In 1980, Angela Lansbury played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd ( EMI, directed by Guy Hamilton ), based on Christie's 1962 novel.

* 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d ' état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

* 1980 – Terry Fox begins his " Marathon of Hope " at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

By 1980 the infrequency of sightings of Mount Ararat, which looms about sixty kilometers across the Turkish border, became a symbol of worsening air pollution in Yerevan.

: female: 97 % ( 1980 est.

* 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English director and producer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.