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Events from the year 1980 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) Vice President: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts) Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) Congress: 96th Events January January 1 – The comic strip The Far Side debuts in newspapers. January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. January 7 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. January 16 – Paul McCartney was arrested in Tokyo, Japan for bringing 7.7 ounces of marijuana into the country. January 20 – Super Bowl XIV: The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowls, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The game was shown to the Americans held hostage in Iran. January 24 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy and debt owed to creditors. The 5.8 Mw Livermore earthquake shakes the East Bay area of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). This first event in a doublet earthquake is followed two days later by a 5.4 Mw  shock. Total financial losses from the events is $11.5 million. January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland. January 28 – The 180' coast guard buoy tender USCGC BLACKTHORN collided with the 600' tanker SS CAPRICORN in the Tampa Bay shipping channel. The coast guard vessel capsized and sank after becoming entangled in CAPRICORN'S anchor chain. 23 of BLACKTHORN'S 50 crew members perished in the accident. February February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured. February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation. February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York. February 15 – David Sanborn releases his fourth solo studio album, Hideaway, in the United States. February 22 – The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice. March March 1 – The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn. March 5 – Channel Islands National Park is established. March 21 Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Philadelphia. U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. March 22 – The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia. March 27 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges. March 31 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train. April April 1 The 1980 United States Census begins. There are 226,545,805 United States residents on this day. New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days. April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979. April 14 – The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Johnny Carson, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Benton's Kramer vs. Kramer wins five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film is tied with Bob Fosse's All That Jazz in receiving nine nominations. 8-year-old Justin Henry, nominated for Best Supporting Actor, notably becomes the youngest Oscar nominee in any category. April 15 – A mass exodus of Cubans to the United States known as the Mariel boatlift begins. It ends on October 31 by agreement between the two countries. April 21 – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award. April 24–25 – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation. April 24 – Pennsylvania Lottery Scandal: the Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry. May May 3 – Cari Lightner, a 13-year-old girl, is killed by a drunk driver in Fair Oaks, California. Her mother, Candy, forms the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving. May 4 – The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare splits into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. May 7 – Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate). May 9 James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney, the Turks and Caicos Islands' first Chief Minister, is killed in a plane crash over New Jersey. In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses. In Norco, California, 5 men robbed a bank, leading to a shootout and pursuit that left 2 of the robbers dead, 1 sheriff deputy killed, 33 police vehicles destroyed, and 11 people, consisting of 8 officers, a civilian, and 2 other perpetrators wounded. May 11 – Mobster Henry Hill is arrested for drug possession. May 16 Rookie Magic Johnson scores 42 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123–107 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers to clinch the National Basketball Association championship for the Lakers, who prevail despite the absence of future Basketball Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Department of Education begins operations. May 17 – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots. May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage. May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released. May 22 – Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, is released. May 23 – Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining, based on the 1977 novel of the same name, is released. May 24 The New York Islanders win their first Stanley Cup, from a goal by Bobby Nystrom in overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs' final round. The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran. May 25 – Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect .... Discover the Crystal Bowman Meghann Bowman popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Crystal Bowman Meghann Bowman books.