* March 1, 1980: GNU designated as a university

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.

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

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

The opening instrumental was largely done away with by 1980 ; no later Project album except Eye in the Sky featured one ( although every album includes at least one instrumental somewhere in the running order ).

* 1980 – Azaria Chamberlain disappears, probably taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicized trial in Australian history.

* 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.

In September 1980, Abadan was almost overrun during a surprise attack on Khuzestan by Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iran – Iraq War.

AIX / 370 was IBM's third attempt to offer Unix-like functionality for their mainframe line, specifically the System / 370 ( the prior versions were a TSS / 370 based Unix system developed jointly with AT & T c. 1980, and VM / IX a VM / 370 based system developed jointly with Interactive Systems Corporation c. 1984 ).

She was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1980 and began her law career as an associate with the Washington, D. C. firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross.

By 1980, the way the game was played had changed dramatically due to innovative coaching tactics, with the phasing out of many of the game's kicking styles and the increasing use of handball ; whilst presentation was influenced by television.

In the fall of 1980, she transferred to Vanderbilt University, where she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.

Being behind the technological curve was not entirely surprising ; the chipset used in the 400 and 800 was designed because they were aware the 2600 would be obsolete by the 1980 time frame.

Sakharov was arrested on January 22, 1980, following his public protests against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and was sent to internal exile in the city of Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, a city that was off-limits to foreigners.

Between 1980 to 1986, Sakharov was kept under tight Soviet police surveillance.

Sakharov was named the 1980 Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association.

* During the 1980s, the block of 16th Street NW between L and M streets, in front of the Soviet embassy, in Washington, D. C. was renamed " Andrei Sakharov Place " as a form of protest against his 1980 arrest and detention.

In 1980, Sakharov was stripped of all Soviet awards for " anti-Soviet activities ".

Rabbi Steinsaltz's classic work of Kabbalah, The Thirteen Petalled Rose, was first published in 1980 and now appears in eight languages.

Ahmed Ibrahim al-Haznawi (, ) ( October 11, 1980 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of four hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 as part of the September 11 attacks.

They later married on October 11, 1975, and their only child, Chelsea, was born on February 27, 1980.

Seretse Khama, a leader in the independence movement and the legitimate claimant to the Ngwato chiefship, was elected as the first president, re-elected twice, and died in office in 1980.

Isle Royale National Park was established on April 3, 1940, was designated as a Wilderness Area in 1976, and was made an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980.

It was discovered by Smith, Reitsema, Larson and Fountain in 1980 from ground-based observations, and was provisionally designated.

Atlas was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 ( some time before November 12 ) from Voyager photos and was designated.

It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated.

Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Reagan continued his efforts after being elected President in 1980 and the area was eventually designated wilderness by the California Wilderness Act of 1984.

The expansion of the refuge in 1980 designated 1. 5 million acres ( 6, 100 km² ) of the coastal plain as the 1002 area and mandated studies of the natural resources of this area, especially petroleum.

Chaired by the president, the council in 1990 had as its statutory members the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the ministers for foreign affairs, home affairs, finance, and national defense, the director of the Agency for National Security Planning ( ANSP, known as the Korean Central Intelligence Agency — KCIA — until December 1980 ), and others designated by the president.

In the 80's, after the area was designated Wrangell-St. Elias National Park ( 1980 ), it began to draw some adventurous tourists to the new national park.

In 1980, the NIST published a national standard document designated FIPS PUB 81, which specified four so-called block cipher modes of operations, each describing a different solution for encrypting a set of input blocks.

The distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1974, and designated a National Historic Landmark on December 16, 1980, listed as " Burks ' Distillery ".

The Augusta AVA was recognized by the federal government in 1980 as the first designated American Viticultural Area in the United States, beating out Napa Valley.

The entire downtown area is designated as a Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as District # 80002502.

Bomberger's Distillery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980.

In 1980, Interstate 90 from Seattle to Thorp was designated the Mountains to Sound Greenway to protect its outstanding scenic and cultural resources.

The trail was approved for development in 1974 and was completed and opened on October 6, 1980 by Lord Mansfield so becoming the first officially designated long distance footpath in Scotland.

The area includes the Augusta AVA, designated in 1980 as the first American Viticultural Area by the federal government.

It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated.

The Casey Jones Railroad Museum State Park at Vaughan was designated a State Park on April 27, 1980.

It was discovered in 1980 ( some time before October 25 ) from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe, and was provisionally designated.

In 1980 an area of 18, 958 ha was designated a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve.

When the region was designated as a Denominazione di origine controllata ( DOC ) in 1966, parts of Cherasco, Diano d ' Alba, and Roddi were included with this delimitation of the Barolo zone staying unchanged through the zones promotion to DOCG in 1980.

Castlefield was designated as a conservation area in 1980 and the United Kingdom's first designated Urban Heritage Park in 1982.

* During the month of September, 1980, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver inserted a pitcher into the DH slot but would use a hitting specialist ( such as Benny Ayala or Terry Crowley ) to pinch-hit when the designated hitter's first turn came up.