* 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.

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.

Signed on August 12, 1980, the Montevideo Treaty is an international legal framework that establishes and governs the Latin American Integration Association.

* Imanol Harinordoquy ( born 1980 ), French international rugby union player ( born in Bayonne, but grew up in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port )

First published in 1980, the standard was formally adopted by the IEC as an international standard in 1987, with various amendments becoming part of the standard in 1996.

In 1980, Stamford Bridge hosted the first international floodlit cricket match in the UK, between Essex and the West Indies.

In 1980, McLean had an international number one hit with a cover of the Roy Orbison classic, " Crying ".

Bombieri's research in number theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical analysis have earned him many international prizes --- a Fields Medal in 1974 and the Balzan Prize in 1980.

Whereas the 1980 and 1983 coup attempts against Gayoom's presidency were not considered serious, the third coup attempt in November 1988 alarmed the international community.

The DPRK by 1980 was faced with the choice of either repaying its international loans, or continuing its support of social welfare for its people.

In 1979, North Korea renegotiated much of its international debt, but in 1980 it defaulted on all of its loans except those from Japan.

Southern Rhodesia subsequently gained international recognition of its independence in April 1980, when it became the independent Republic of Zimbabwe.

Sakamoto was the songwriter and composer for a number of the band's hit songs, including " Yellow Magic ( Tong Poo )" ( 1978 ), " Technopolis " ( 1979 ), " Nice Age " ( 1980 ), " Ongaku " ( 1983 ), and " You've Got to Help Yourself " ( 1983 ), while playing the keyboards for many of their other songs, including international hits such as " Computer Game / Firecracker " ( 1978 ) and " Rydeen " ( 1979 ), and singing in several songs such as " Kimi ni Mune Kyun " ( 1983 ).

It was recognized in the Manila Declaration on World Tourism of 1980 as " an activity essential to the life of nations because of its direct effects on the social, cultural, educational and economic sectors of national societies and on their international relations.

The University for Peace ( UPEACE ) was established in Costa Rica in 1980 “ to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations .”

After The Wicker Man, Woodward went on to receive international attention for his roles in the 1980 film Breaker Morant and the 1980s TV series The Equalizer.

At the end of 1980 he visited the United States and started to work with the U. S. Justice Department which would result in “ some of the biggest international law enforcement operations in history ” such as the Pizza Connection.

A huge air shower experiment called the Auger Project is currently operated at a site on the pampas of Argentina by an international consortium of physicists, led by James Cronin, 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics of the University of Chicago and Alan Watson of the University of Leeds.

Gibson, who had been in the Royal Observer Corps ' trophy-winning international aircraft recognition team since 1980, was unable to identify the aircraft.

* Peter Murphy ( footballer born 1980 ), Irish international footballer with Carlisle United

Some Dutch films have received international distribution and recognition, such as Turkish Delight (" Turks Fruit ") ( 1973 ), Soldier of Orange (" Soldaat van Oranje ") ( 1975 ), Spetters ( 1980 ) and The Fourth Man (" De Vierde Man ") ( 1983 ) by director Paul Verhoeven.

Israel's 1980 unilateral annexation of East Jerusalem was condemned as a violation of international law and ruled null and void by the UN Security Council in UNSC Resolution 478.

To meet growing international demand, TSR, Ltd. was formed in England in 1980.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

The international diplomatic response was severe, ranging from stern warnings to a US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow ( in which Afghanistan competed ).

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