* 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.

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.

In 1980, after Tito's death, economic, political, and religious difficulties started to mount and the federal government began to crumble.

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.

Although St. Lucia has historically been spared from serious hurricane destruction, Hurricane Allen decimated the agricultural sector and claimed nine lives in 1980.

From 1980 to 1986 he had nine songs in the US country top 40 yet failed to crack the top 100 in the UK or the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1980 it became a " commune " separated from the Pool Region and divided into nine " arrondissements ": Makélékélé ( 1 ), Bacongo ( 2 ), Poto-Poto ( 3 ), Moungali ( 4 ), Ouenzé ( 5 ), Talangaï ( 6 ), Mfilou ( 7 ), Madibou ( 8 ), and Djiri ( 9 ).

Clark's government would last a total of nine months less a day, as it was defeated in the 1980 election.

The Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 1980 and 1983, the eighth of the nine dynasties recognized by the NHL in its history.

Between 1980 and 1985, nine offensives were launched into the strategically important Panjshir Valley, but government control of the area did not improve.

After the demise of Solid Rock, and his September 1980 divorce from his first wife, Pamela, after almost nine years of marriage, Norman moved to England, where he was based until 1985.

After his inauguration, Bouterse immediately honoured all nine still living conspirators, who together with Bouterse were involved in the violent 1980 Surinamese coup d ' état, with the Grand Cordon of the Honorary Order of the Yellow Star, the highest honour of Suriname.

While as many as 25 businesses operated within " the gap ", as locals commonly refer to it, the population and the business activity slowly dwindled to roughly nine businesses in 1980 and a population of 269 in 1990.

The name alludes to the widespread news coverage of the death of nine week old Azaria Chamberlain in Australia in 1980.

Their website reveals that only 22 episodes are known to officially exist in entirety-namely episode 60 from 30 August 1975, four episodes from 1978, two episodes from 1979, two episodes from 1980, five episodes from 1981 and nine episodes from 1982.

The novel has been adapted as a nine hour television miniseries in 1980, a Broadway musical, and several computer games.

Senator Harrison " Pete " Williams ( D-NJ ) was indicted on October 30, 1980 and convicted on May 1, 1981 on nine counts of bribery and conspiracy to use his office to aid in business ventures.

He has published nine volumes of poetry ranging from Eight Sections ( 1974 ), Strivings ( 1980 ), Louring Skies ( 1985 ) and Gifts ( 2002 ) to his latest two books This Theatre Royal ( 2004 ) and Green, Red, Gold, a novel in 101 sonnets ( 2005 ) which were hailed by A. N.

No further £ 5 gold pieces were struck until 1980, nine years after decimalisation, since when they have been issued somewhat haphazardly in most years.

In 1980 the Intermediate Court of Justice in Wuhan sentenced Wang Dabin, the Red Guard who had directed Peng's arrest in 1966, to nine years in prison for " the persecution and torture of Comrade Peng Dehuai ".

Between 1971 and 1980, he would win a further nine major championships, overtake Bobby Jones ' record of 13 majors, and become the first player to complete double and triple career slams of golf's four professional major championships.

Stan Ternent became Blackpool's seventh manager in nine years, only to be replaced in February 1980 by Alan Ball, the popular former Blackpool midfielder who left the club for Everton fourteen years earlier.

Though San Francisco finished 1980 with a record of 6-10, Montana passed for 1, 795 yards and 15 touchdown passes against nine interceptions.

In 1980, he held nine titles simultaneously: Guksu, Myungin, Wangwi, Kisung, Paewang, Kiwang, Daewang, Jaewang and the Baccus Cup.

Cruz has been involved with all nine of Houstons postseason appearances, three as a player ( 1980, 81 and 86 ) and six as a coach ( 1997 – 99, 01, 04-05 ).

Bowie released nine more studio albums with RCA, all of which reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, of which Aladdin Sane ( 1973 ), Pin Ups ( 1973 ), Diamond Dogs ( 1974 ) and Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ) ( 1980 ) reached the number one position.

In the fifteenth edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( 1980 ), nine sections of " Ulysses ", comprising 36 of the poem's 70 lines, are quoted, compared to only six in the ninth edition ( 1891 ).

After 1980, he was reelected 12 more times without major-party opposition ; the first nine of those completely unopposed.