During the period January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996, spending a total time of three months or more in the Channel Islands, England, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales precludes individuals from donating.

In New Zealand, the New Zealand Blood Service ( NZBS ) in 2000 introduced measures to preclude permanently donors who had resided in the United Kingdom ( including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands ) for a total of six months or more between January 1980 and December 1996.

Similar regulations are in place in Germany, where anyone who has spent six months or more living in the UK between January 1980 and December 1996 is permanently banned from donating blood.

As of 1999, Health Canada announced a policy to defer individuals from donating blood if they have lived within the United Kingdom for one month or more from January 1, 1980, to December 31, 1996.

In 2000, the same policy was applied to people who have resided in France, for at least three months from January 1980 to December 1996.

The Association of Blood Donors of Denmark precludes potential donors who have spent a cumulative time of at least 12 months in the United Kingdom between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1996.

The Swiss Blutspendedienst SRK precludes potential donors who have spent a cumulative time of at least six months in the United Kingdom between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1996.

In Poland, anyone who cumulatively spent six months or longer between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1996 in the UK, Ireland or France is permanently barred from donating.

In December 1980, the group was split into three subgroups, and standardization proceeded separately for each proposal.

From December 3, 1978, to September 20, 1980, Encyclopedia Brown was a daily and Sunday comic strip syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

She died on 11 December 1980, aged 62.

In the December 23, 1980 strip, Jon states that he is 30 years old ( meaning he is 61 years old as of January 2012, although he has not aged physically ).

John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon ( 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980 ) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member

* Johnny Bench: Number 1 Home Run Hitter of All Catchers, Baseball Digest, December 1980

Karl Dönitz (; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980 ) was a German naval commander during World War II.

A 4 December 1980 press statement stated that, " We wish it to be known that the loss of our dear friend, and the deep sense of undivided harmony felt by ourselves and our manager, have led us to decide that we could not continue as we were ", and was simply signed " Led Zeppelin ".

Minor Threat's first performance was in December 1980, opening on a bill with Bad Brains, Phfat Raskals, and S. O. A.

Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC ( July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980 ) was a Canadian philosopher of communication theory.

" Seven out of the total fifteen issues of this gazette appear during student strikes organized in November and December 1980 as part of the Solidarity upheaval.

The first public pre-paid remote memory phonecard was issued in the United States in December 1980 by Phone Line.

# Held the office of secretary or assistant or deputy secretary on 22 December 1980, or

On December 8, 1980, one month after the election of Ronald Reagan brought Republicans back to power in Washington, he switched his party affiliation from Independent to Republican.

Therefore, when Zimbabwe Rhodesia returned to colonial status from December 1979 to April 1980, it was named " Southern Rhodesia " ( which had always been the official British government name for Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia ).

* Desi Bouterse ( July 1980 – 3 December 1992 )

Susanna Hoffs joined sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson to form a band in Los Angeles in December, 1980.

Florence Nightingale Graham ( December 31, 1884 – October 18, 1966 ), who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Incorporated, and built a cosmetics empire in the United States.

" Benedict Nightingale The Times 13 December 2000.

Later, in December, Elizabeth Gaskell, working on the final chapters of the novel at Lea Hurst, the family home of Florence Nightingale, near Matlock in Derbyshire, writes that she would rather call her novel Death and Variations, because " there are five dead, each beautifully consistent with the personality of the individual ".

Cleveland faced the Rams on December 23 in a rematch of the previous year's title game.

This started the Bangladesh Liberation War in which the freedom fighters, joined in December 1971 by 400, 000 Indian soldiers, faced the Pakistani Armed Forces of 365, 000 plus Paramilitary and collaborationist forces.

As of December 2007, 37 countries faced food crises, and 20 had imposed some sort of food-price controls.

The next year on December 18 the Chargers faced the unbeaten Colts ; the Colts dream of the first perfect season since 1972 failed as the Chargers won 26-17.

Grace and his brother Fred faced financial difficulty after their father died in December 1871 as they were still living with their mother who had been left just enough to retain the family home.

At the year's end Chirac faced major workers ' strikes which turned itself, in November – December 1995, into a general strike, one of the largest since May 1968.

John Russell Young died in January 1899, and “ President William McKinley found himself faced with the responsibility of appointing a Librarian of Congress who should preside over the affairs of the institution whose building had been completed but years ago .” President McKinley requested Herbert Putnam to be appointed to the task, and Putnam was officially confirmed to the duties of Librarian of Congress on December 12, 1899.

Novotný faced a mutiny in the Central Committee, so he secretly invited Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet leader, to make a whirlwind visit to Prague in December 1967 in order to shore up the embattled Novotný.

The first big activity was held on 10 December 2000 when Feyenoord faced Ajax and 40 fog machines were activated when the players entered the pitch.

The old king died shortly thereafter ; and, in December 1798, his eldest son and successor, Charles Emmanuel IV, was faced with a French occupation and, eventually, annexation, of his mainland territories.

De La Hoya faced Manny Pacquiao ( 47 – 3 – 2 ) on December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

That December, the railroad company attempted to merge the turnpike company into theirs, but faced opposition.

When the Babri Masjid was demolished on 6 December 1992, he described the event as the " greatest tragedy India has faced since the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi ".

The University faced a crisis when fire destroyed the main building on 2 December 1903.

You Take the Kids faced poor ratings and reviews, and had a month's run from December 1990 to January 1991.

By December 1971, the RLAF faced a fresh threat.

After three non-title wins, including one over Jean Josselin, he faced Hedgemon Lewis on December 14, retaining the world title with a decision in 15 rounds, but Nápoles ' training habits were suffering ; he was alleged to be coming into the gym stinking of alcohol with an attitude torwards his seconds.

The team faced Virginia Tech again on December 1, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida in the 2007 ACC Championship Game as Atlantic Division champions, but lost 30 – 16.

On December 8, 1979, he faced Espada for a third time, defeating him once again.

With no precedent to follow, the Empire was faced with the prospect of a period of more than twelve years without a strong executive, as, under the constitution, Pedro II would not attain his majority and begin exercising authority as Emperor until 2 December 1843.

Nogueira faced Frank Mir in a rematch on December 10, 2011 at UFC 140.

On December 7, Giardello faced Dick Tiger in Atlantic City for the title and won, taking the world championship by decision in 15 rounds and drawing with Tiger in two others.

Bolivia faced national protests after the announcement of a supreme decree to cut government subsidies for gasoline and diesel fuels, increasing the prices of those commodities on December 28, 2010.

However, by December 1922 he was faced with British-American-German hostility and saw coal for French steel production and money for reconstructing the devastated industrial areas draining away.