* 1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.

* 1980 – Flood in Ibadan after 12 hours of heavy downpour killed over 300 people and properties worth million destroyed.

* 1980 – The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.

In 1980, after a nine game winning streak, the Falcons posted a franchise then-best record of 12 – 4 and captured their first NFC West division title.

Brazil's arms industry nearly collapsed after 1988, as a result of the termination of the Iran-Iraq War ( 1980 – 88 ), a reduction in world demand for armaments, and the decline in state support for the industry.

* In 1980, Haley began working on an autobiography entitled The Life and Times of Bill Haley but died after completing only 100 pages.

Relations between the Republic of Vanuatu and Cuba began shortly after the former gained its independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980, and began establishing its own foreign policy as a newly independent state.

Moreover, spending a total time of five years or more after January 1, 1980 ( to present ), in the above-mentioned countries and / or any country in Europe ( except the former USSR ), also precludes donation.

In the Czech Republic, anyone who spent more than six months in the UK or France between the years 1980 and 1996 or received transfusion in the UK after the year 1980 is not allowed to donate blood.

The Paleocene recovery of plants began with recolonizations by fern species, represented as a fern spike in the geologic record ; this same type of fern recolonization was observed after the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption .< ref name =" SchultzDhondt ">

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

By May 1984, Ken Barlow stood as the only original cast member, after the departures of Ena Sharples ( in 1980 ), Annie Walker ( in 1983 ), Elsie Tanner ( in 1984 ) and Albert Tatlock ( also 1984 ).

Even after his death, other MILPAS bands sprouted during 1980 – 1981.

In his book he asked why, if Saudi Arabia had such an effect on Soviet oil prices, did prices not fall in 1980 when the production of oil by Saudi Arabia reached its highest level — three times as much oil as in the mid-eighties — and why did the Saudis wait till 1990 to increase their production, five years after the CIA's supposed intervention?

It was replaced after the 1980 elections by a government led by the Dominica Freedom Party under Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, the Caribbeans first female prime minister.

Danny White became the Cowboys ' starting quarterback in 1980 after quarterback Roger Staubach retired.

He became a Catholic in 1980, shortly after completing the Mass To Hope which had been commissioned by Ed Murray, editor of the national Catholic weekly Our Sunday Visitor.

In 1980, after one such rainy winter, the normally dark blue Dead Sea turned red.

Towards the end of the year, Bowie and Angela initiated divorce proceedings, and after months of court battles the marriage was ended in early 1980.

Davis resigned at the end of the 1980 season after missing out on a finals appearance.

The November 1980 issue of Vogue stated that Carangi's track marks from shooting heroin were visible even after airbrushing.

* Hector is the name of the cyborg robot in the science fiction movie Saturn 3 ( 1980 ); actor Kirk Douglas mentions the Greek myth of Hector after a violent encounter with the robot.

For example, because Zork was available for years after its initial release in 1980, it continued to top charts in sales well into the mid-1980s.

After Tito's death in 1980, tensions between the Yugoslav republics emerged and in 1991 the country disintegrated and went into a series of civil wars and unrest that lasted the rest of the decade and continue to impact most of the former Yugoslav republics to this day.

Following Tito's death in 1980, the 1948 census results became available for comparison with those of 1931.

Although still claimed as official dogma, virtually all aspects of Titoism went into rapid decline after Tito's death in 1980, being replaced by the rival policies of constituent republics.

She appeared again in public during Tito's funeral in early May 1980.

On 27 July 1980, not even three months after Tito's death, men broke into the residence at 15 Užička where she was living.

After Tito's death in 1980, the estate was transferred to the Socialist Republic of Slovenia and it was later inherited by the Government of the independent Slovenian state.

He walked 350 km to attend Tito's funeral in 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.

In 1980, on the centenary of her death, a memorial stone was established for her in the Poets ’ Corner.

Firstly, her younger son Sanjay had been her chosen heir ; but after his death in a flying accident in June 1980, his mother persuaded a reluctant elder son Rajiv Gandhi to quit his job as a pilot and enter politics in February 1981.

He served as the federal president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1969 – 70, and also as the president for its Victoria branch from 1963 until his death in 1980.

Marshal Josip Broz Tito (; born Josip Broz ; Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980 ) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1945 until his death in 1980.

From 1943 to his death in 1980, he held the rank of Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army ( JNA ).

Led Zeppelin disbanded following Bonham's unexpected death in 1980.

The death of Tito in 1980 and the subsequent vacuum of strong leadership allowed the rise of rival ethnic nationalism in the multinational country.

Stalin continued to be honored in North Korea long after his death in 1953, and a street in Pyongyang bore his name until 1980.

Following the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in 1980 Rajiv entered politics.

Following his younger brother's death in 1980, Gandhi was pressured by Indian National Congress party politicians and his mother to enter politics.

Prior to Carroll Rosenbloom's death, the Rams had already announced their intentions to leave the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and move to Anaheim Stadium in Orange County for the 1980 season.

The album was heavily influenced by the death of Exene Cervenka's elder sister Mirielle ( Mary ) in an automobile accident in 1980.

Khan was finally released after Bhutto's death in 1979, by General Fazle Haq, and died on August 10, 1980 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

His second marriage, to the actress Barbara Loden, lasted from 1969 until her death in 1980, and produced one son.

The movie was a box office success and led to several more films after Sellers died in 1980 ; biographies of Sellers such as Peter Sellers — A Celebration reveal that he was involved in the pre-production of another Clouseau film, The Romance Of The Pink Panther, at the time of his death.

Schiele has been the subject of a biographical film, Excess & Punishment ( aka Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung ), a 1980 film originating in Germany with a European cast that explores Schiele's artistic demons leading up to his early death.

Since Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980 with the death of Bonham, Jones has collaborated with a number of artists, including Diamanda Galás, R. E. M., Jars of Clay, Heart, Ben E. King, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Cinderella, The Mission, La Fura dels Baus, Brian Eno, the Butthole Surfers and Uncle Earl.

* The university was home to the signing chimpanzee Washoe from 1980 until her death in October 2007 ; from 1993 at the university's Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute.

The series was brought to an enforced end by Hattie Jacques's death from a heart attack in October 1980.

After her death in 1980, it was discovered that she was intersex and would have been ineligible to participate.