Work on the mosque was started in 1980, and was intended to be completed for the 60th birthday of the former Moroccan king, Hassan II, in 1989.

The current structure, built over the period 1980 – 1983, is the first mosque in North America to use classic Islamic architecture.

After regaining the mosque, 63 rebels were executed on 9 January 1980 in eight different cities.

An Iranian woman in front of a mosque during Iraqi invasion of Khorramshahr in September – October 1980.

In 1980, Dia opened the Masjid Al-Fara, a Sufi mosque replete with Flavin light works and living quarters for Muzaffer Ozak, in a former firehouse at 155 Mercer Street.

Between 1980 and 1983 the painted decorations in the interior of the mosque were conserved and restored.

A major restoration of the mosque was carried out in 1980.

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.

From 1950 to 1980, DDT was extensively used in agriculture — more than 40, 000 tonnes were used each year worldwide — and it has been estimated that a total of 1. 8 million tonnes have been produced globally since the 1940s.

Brownlow however made up for his omission of Clara in The Parade's Gone By by including a whole segment on her in his 1980 television documentary Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film in which he extensively interviewed Brooks for the segment.

From 1977 to 1980, the library extensively restored the documents before the Treaty was deposited in the Reserve Bank.

The castle has been featured extensively in foreign and Japanese films, including the James Bond movie " You Only Live Twice " ( 1967 ), and Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha ( 1980 ) and Ran ( 1985 ).

Marshall engineers looked extensively at Rhoads ' actual amplifier and made the 1959RR to those exact specifications, right down to the special high-gain modification Randy specifically requested when he visited the Marshall factory in 1980.

Between 1974 and 1977, the station building was extensively remodeled to facilitate connections between the separate train lines, and in 1980 additional overpasses were built between platforms.

Writer Michael Crichton used the concept of great ape language in his 1980 novel Congo, in which a fictional gorilla named Amy communicates extensively with her keeper using signs.

The mill was extensively restored in 1980 by Warwickshire Millwrights ' Gormley and Goodman to the extent that the mill was able to grind wheat for flour again for the first time that year since it ceased work in 1939.

Here and Now toured extensively in 1980 and 1981 living on their converted bus.

The São Paulo circuit had not held the Grand Prix since 1980 and the circuit was extensively renovated with the circuit itself almost halved in length.

Courtney continued to act extensively in theatre and television after his main Doctor Who appearances, guest-starring in such popular television programmes as Minder ( 1984 ), All Creatures Great and Small ( 1980, episode " Matters Of Life And Death "), Only Fools and Horses ( 1988 ) and Yes, Prime Minister ( 1986 ).

They employed architects John Seely ( 1899 – 1963 ) and Paul Edward Paget ( 1901 – 1985 ) and fashionable Mayfair interior designer the Marchese Peter Malacrida ( 1889 – 1980 ) to design a new private house in the Art Deco style to adjoin the existing Palace building, which was extensively restored.

Barber has worked extensively in British TV, such as in To the Manor Born ( 1979 ) as a Jamaican steel band musician, Minder ( 1980 ) as Willie Reynolds in episode Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here, Only Fools and Horses ( 1981 – 2003 ), Boys from the Blackstuff ( 1982 ), Malcolm in The Front Line, and Cracker and played Greg Salter in Brookside ( 1994 ).

Between 1980 and 1987 security in the camps was the responsibility of a special Thai Rangers unit known as Task Force 80, however this unit violated human rights so extensively that it was disbanded and replaced by the DPPU ( the Displaced Persons Protection Unit, a specially trained paramilitary unit created in 1987 expressly to provide security for the border camps ).

It was founded in 1980, and the building was extensively refurbished between 2008 and 2010.

SMALL was used extensively from about 1980 to 1985 at Auckland University as a programming teaching aid, and for some internal projects.

The band toured extensively in Europe and North America throughout 1980.

In March 1980, Buzz was a candidate to replace the deceased Bon Scott in AC / DC but because his recurring vocal cord problems would not allow him to tour extensively, AC / DC band members ultimately decided on ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson.

Kano's debut single was the 1980 hit " I'm Ready ", combining elements of 1970s disco, funk and R & B while extensively using synthesizers and percussive handclaps as well as raw-processed and vocoderized vocals.

Following a period of gravel extraction and infilling with rubbish in the 1970s, the airfield was extensively landscaped to create Hornchurch Country Park, with work commencing in 1980.

By 1980 Mama ’ s Boys had a bootleg circulating and were touring extensively in Ireland.