Costas later did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls broadcasts on WGN-TV during the 1979 – 1980 NBA season.

The Cincinnati Bengals were unique in the NFL as they did not have uniform numbers on the players sleeves until the 1980 season.

Davis resigned at the end of the 1980 season after missing out on a finals appearance.

He was head coach of the Wichita Wind, the Oilers ' Central Hockey League affiliate, in the 1980 – 81 season.

) The reason for the change from BR-549 to BR-1Z1Z was during the 1980 season, Junior gave up the car lot and became a " consumer advocate " whose job was to save the public from dishonest people like himself.

He did not miss a league game for Liverpool until the 1980 – 81 season, when he appeared in 34 out of 42 league games and scored only eight goals as Liverpool finished fifth in the league, but still won the European Cup and Football League Cup.

The next season, Milwaukee won 95 games and finished second in the East behind the Baltimore Orioles on the strength of their home run power, led by Oglivie ( who led the league in homers in 1980 along with Reggie Jackson ), Cooper, and Thomas ( who hit a then club-record 45 home runs in 1979, since broken by Prince Fielder, who hit 50 homers in 2007 ).

As 1980 began, the Brewers and their fans were optimistic about becoming pennant winners, but the team scuffled during the season, partially due to manager George Bamberger suffering a heart attack and having to be replaced by Buck Rodgers.

* 1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J. R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase " Who shot J. R .?

The parties entered into a contract dispute before the 1980 season, and when negotiations lasted into spring training, the Padres renewed Smith's contract at his 1979 salary of $ 72, 500 Angered by the Padres ' attitude during those contract talks, Gottlieb took out a help-wanted ad in the San Diego Union, part of which read, " Padre baseball player wants part-time employment to supplement income.

Schmidt, who was the National League MVP that 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (. 381 average ), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6.

The good times continued to fade out as Winfield signed a 10-year contract with the New York Yankees after the 1980 season.

Following these movies, a third season of the TV series was produced, broadcast on Japanese television in 1980.

Prior to Carroll Rosenbloom's death, the Rams had already announced their intentions to leave the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and move to Anaheim Stadium in Orange County for the 1980 season.

Super Bowl XV was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1980 season.

But after the Raiders started the 1980 season with a 2-3 record, starter Dan Pastorini broke his leg and suddenly Plunkett was thrust into the starting role.

Injuries during the 1980 regular season had limited him to just 778 yards, but he proved he was fully recovered in the postseason by rushing for 194 yards in the NFC title game.

The team commonly wore light blue pants on the road with the white jerseys from 1972 through 1994, with the exception of the 1980 season, and selected games in the mid 80s, when the team wore an all-white road combination.

Set by Maurice " Rocket " Richard during the 1944 – 45 NHL season and tied by Mike Bossy during the 1980 – 81 NHL season, Gretzky accomplished the feat in only 39 games.

She raced around Hazzard with her cousins, first in a yellow and black 1974 Plymouth Road Runner ( later on it was a Plymouth Satellite ) and then, from the mid-second season, in her trademark white 1980 Jeep CJ-7 christened " Dixie " with a Golden Eagle emblem on the hood ( and the name " Dixie " on the hood sides ).

A nighttime syndicated program ran weekly from November 1, 1971 until 1976, twice a week until 1980, and five days per week in its final season.

Lynde left the series after taping the August 20 – 24, 1979, week of shows, but returned when the series relocated to Las Vegas in the 1980 – 1981 season.

From 1978 to 1980, the second and third games ( first and second games early on in the 1978-79 season ) each featured a Secret Square with the addition of the endgame.

Match Game PM ran until the end of the 1980 – 1981 TV season.

It was Arnoux ' second World Championship victory adding to his win at the previous race the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix.

To avoid being type cast as villainous characters, Sarandon took on various roles in the years to come, portraying the title role in the made-for-television movie The Day Christ Died ( 1980 ).

Steve Hassan, author of the book Combatting Cult Mind Control, states that he took part in a number of deprogrammings in the late 1970s, and has spoken out against them since 1980.

It took until 1982 for the two bodies to merge, but this allowed the introduction of women's field hockey to the Olympic games from 1980 where, as in the men's game, The Netherlands, Germany, and Australia have been consistently strong.

After a bloody overthrow of the Americo-Liberian régime by indigenous Liberians in 1980, a ‘ Redemption Council ’ took control of Liberia.

Winfield took over where Colbert left off, starring in the Padres outfield from 1973 until 1980, when he joined the New York Yankees.

The Chinese-backed Zimbabwe African National Union eventually took power in 1980, when the internationally-recognised Republic of Zimbabwe was formed.

1980 was declared the " Year of Literacy " and the major goals of the campaign that started only 8 months after the FSLN took over.

Though CNN had been running 24-hour newscasts since 1980, it was not until the Gulf War that the general public took large notice and others imitated CNN's non-stop news approach.

In 1980, a benefits consultant named Ted Benna took note of the previously obscure provision and figured out that it could be used to create a simple, tax-advantaged way to save for retirement.

The Tusk tour continued into 1980, after which, the band took time apart.

Hinckley also took a picture of himself in 1980 pointing a gun at his head.

Forums where these debates took place include the proceedings of the first conference dedicated to Derrida's work, published as " Les Fins de l ' homme à partir du travail de Jacques Derrida: colloque de Cerisy, 23 juillet-2 août 1980 ", Derrida's " Feu la cendre / cio ' che resta del fuoco ", and the studies on Paul Celan by Lacoue-Labarthe and Derrida which shortly preceded the detailed studies of Heidegger's politics published in and after 1987.

The first World Cup series was staged in 1980 and the first World Championships took place in 1986 in Tignes, France.

The first World Cup series was staged in 1980 and the first World Championships took place in 1986 in Tignes, France.

The second state reform took place in 1980, when the cultural communities became Communities.

Wilson's Government took strong action against the controversial, self-styled " Church " of Scientology in 1967, banning foreign Scientologists from entering the UK, a prohibition which remained in force until 1980.

Production was based at Elstree Studios, England ; but filming also took place in La Rochelle, Tunisia, Hawaii, and California from June to September 1980.

Producer Jim Hirschfeld took over as director following Birch's heart attack in 1980 and continued directing, as well as producing throughout the rest of the show's run, including the new segments inserted into the PBS reruns, until it went off the air in 1993.

When the Republicans took control of the Senate after the 1980 elections, Dole became chairman of the Finance Committee in 1981, serving until 1985.

In 1980, the 24th Chess Olympiad took place in Valletta.

In 1980, he also took part in the Olympic Winter Games as a runner for the American bobsleigh team.

The Tories had only won one seat out of 75 in 1980, but took 58 seats in 1984.

Relations with Iraq had never been good historically ; however, they took a turn for the worse in 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran.

Gordon Bell and Dan Dodge, students at the University of Waterloo in 1980, both took a standard computer science course in operating system design, in which the students constructed a basic real-time kernel.