Remember When:1980
News Events of 1980:
Ronald Regan elected President of the United States.
Mount Saint Helens erupted.
Richard Pryor severly burns half his body in a freebasing accident.
The Miracle on Ice. United States Hockey team upsets the USSR to set up their gold medal win at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
CNN was launched.
The Iran-Iraq war begins.
Sony released the first Walkman and Rubik's Cube filled toy store shelves everywhere, and Pac-Man ate our quarters and our time!
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Notable Deaths of 1980
John Bonham, John Lennon, Col. Sanders, Alfred Hitchcock, Mae West