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A
LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1980 |
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The News In 1980
President Carter announces punitive measures and embargos
against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent blast
estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima atomic
bomb.
Hurricane "Allen" claims 28 U.S. lives and over 200 in
the Caribbean.
Ronald W. Reagan is elected the 40th U.S. president in a
sweeping victory.
U.S. Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the House
for his role in the Abscam scandal. |
Entertainment
in 1980
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Czeslaw Milosz - Poland-U.S.
* Best Selling Fiction - The Covenant, James A. Michener
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Crisis Investing: Opportunities and
Profits in the Coming Great Depression, Dougla
* Best Picture - Ordinary People, Paramount
* Best Director - Robert Redford, Ordinary People
* Best Actress - Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
* Best Actor - Robert DeNiro, Raging Bull |
Sport
champions in 1980
* MLB - Philadelphia Phillies
* NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers
* NBA - Los Angeles Lakers
* NHL - New York Islanders
* NCAA-Basketball - Louisville
* KY Derby - Genuine Risk
* U.S. Open Golf - Jack Nicklaus
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - John McEnroe
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Chris Evert Lloyd |
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