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.

From June 1987 to December 1987 he taught Remote Sensing Geophysics at Rice University.

* Jerusalem Bay – Remote Control ( December 1998 )

* " Incallajta, Performance Center of the Inkas: A Digital Reconstruction and Virtual Reality Analysis ", in From Space to Place: 2nd International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop, CNR, Rome, Italy, December 4-7, 2006, Stefano Campana and Maurizio Forte eds.

* Amazing Stories as Walter Poindexter in episode 1. 10: " Remote Control Man ", 8 December 1985

The promotion of Robert E. Swift to the position of Assistant Manager of the Interference Control Field Service Department was announced early in December by Frederick S. Scarborough, Manager of Interference Control Field Service.

Following the tentacle scene in Guyver: Out of Control in December 1986, the Urotsukidoji anime series by Toshio Maeda was released on OVA beginning in 1987 and released in America in 1992 by Anime 18.

* December 26 – United States president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to place most U. S. railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, hoping to more efficiently transport troops and materials for the war effort.

The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 99th Congress, S. 1702,, title II, December 12, 1985,, ) and Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (, title I, Sept. 29, 1987,, ) ( both often known as Gramm-Rudman ) were, according to U. S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, " the first binding constraint imposed on federal spending, and its spending caps have become part of every subsequent U. S. budget.

Facilities constructed on the island included the Torpedo Control Officers School of the Portland Naval Training Center, a navy supply pier with a naval fuel annex often cited as a source of contamination for both the island's marsh and Casco Bay, and the Casco Bay Naval Auxiliary Air Facility ( NAAF ) seaplane base operated as part of Naval Air Station Brunswick from 14 May 1943 to 15 December 1946.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Fair Haven is Benjamin Lucarelli, who was chosen in February 2012 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mike Halfacre, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2014, and who left office to take a position in the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, with Eric R. Jaeger in turn chosen in March 2012 to fill Lucarelli's vanacy on thee Borough Council.

The war ended in December 1948 with the Line of Control dividing Kashmir into territories administered by Pakistan ( northern and western areas ) and India ( southern, central and northeastern areas ).

* Woolworth Mexicana operates a chain of small variety stores in Mexico, sold in December 1997 to Control Dinamico S. A. by Foot Locker Inc now is a subsidiary of Grupo Comercial Control, S. A. de C. V.

They also had a number of other hits, including " With a Girl Like You " ( a UK number 1 in July 1966, US number 29 ), " I Can't Control Myself " ( a UK number 2 in September 1966 — this was also their second and final dual-label release in the US, with Fontana retaining the rights to all subsequent releases ), " Anyway That You Want Me " ( UK number 10 in December 1966 ), all at Olympic Studios, " Night of the Long Grass " ( UK number 17 in May 1967 ), and " Love Is All Around " ( UK number 5 in November 1967 and US number 7 in May 1968 ).

In December 1997, he was also appointed by the Mayor to the New York City Gambling Control Commission.

The new DACS ( Divert & Attitude Control System ) created by the Japan Self Defense Forces in December, 2006 was quoted as an attempt to create the funnel system in real life.

Robert Elliot " Bob " Kahn ( born December 23, 1938 ) is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol ( TCP ) and the Internet Protocol ( IP ), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.

The Berlin Air Safety Centre ( BASC ) was established by the Allied Control Authority Coordinating Committee on the 12 December 1945.

The 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was deactivated in December 1969, and the FAA assumed control of the radar site.

He served under Sir Robert Peel as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between December 1834 and April 1835, and Secretary to the Board of Control in 1845, but though he remained in the House of Commons till 1852, he made no special mark in politics.

A report by the US State Department called " Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments " which was released on 28 July 2010 stated that Russia was not in full compliance with the treaty when it expired on 5 December 2009.

* 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, 1 April 1966 – 4 December 1969

* December 12, 1985: Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act ) ( title II )

In December 1952, the unit was reformed as 33 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Detachment part of the new permanent air defence radar station at Falconbridge, Ontario, outside of Sudbury.

Initially formed as the Australian Rugby League Board of Control on December 1924, it was created to administer the running of the national team.

HDMI 1. 2a was released on December 14, 2005 and fully specifies Consumer Electronic Control ( CEC ) features, command sets and CEC compliance tests.