1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Background
After the UCD accepted to reform the draft Statute to allow for devolution in equal terms to the Basque Country and Catalonia, negotiations ensued with the PSOE, AP, PCE and PG, leading to an agreement over the Statute's reform ahead of the scheduled referendum, the "Hostel Pact" (Spanish: Pacto del Hostal) of 26 September 1980.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Date
The date of the referendum had been initially scheduled for the end of May or the beginning of June 1980, but the strong opposition to the draft Statute from left-wing and nationalist parties, who had announced a campaign for a 'No' vote in the referendum, resulted in several delays in the date while negotiations were ongoing, firstly to the end of June, then to September or October, or beyond.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Date
After an inter-party agreement was reached and ratified on 1 October 1980 over the draft Statute's reform, and the approval of the reformed Statute on 29 October, the referendum for its ratification was scheduled for Sunday, 21 December, with its decree being published in the Official State Gazette on 8 November.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Campaign
The Regional Government of Galicia invested 100 million Pta in an institutional campaign to encourage turnout in the referendum, over fears from political parties that high abstention rates, coming as a consequence from disaffection with the chaotic Statute negotiations, could en up blurring the final result. The parties in favour of the 'Yes' vote to the Statute did not reach an agreement for running a joint campaign, instead organizing separate party campaigns to highlight their particular views on the Galician autonomy. Concurrently, the UCD had shown reluctance to coordinating itself with other parties over specific plans on the devolution timetable, the organization of the referendum, the date of the first Galician regional election or the application of a specific economic plan for Galicia.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading choice's colour. The "Lead" columns on the right show the percentage-point difference between the "Yes" and "No" choices in a given poll.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Results, Overall
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1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
The most commented feat of the referendum result were the extremely high abstention rates in all four Galician provinces. The city of La Coruña recorded one of the highest turnouts, barely above 40%, but also the highest proportion of negative votes with more than 34%. In the province of Pontevedra, turnout was lower in those local councils under UCD control. It was reported that in several election wards in the city of Orense neither the full members nor the substitutes had shown up, with the provincial electoral commission commenting on the unusual nature of this circumstance.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
The province of Lugo registered the lowest turnout, with more than 80% of registered voters abstaining. While some political leaders attributed the high abstention rates to an inflation in census data of up to 20 or 30%, a result of double records and outdated register figures in a very rural and backward region such as was Galicia at the time, the National Statistics Institute replied that these mismatches would amount to no more than 10% of the census. The final results of the vote were published in the Official State Gazette on 10 January 1981.


1980 Galician Statute of Autonomy referendum, Aftermath
The high abstention prompted the only AP member in the Regional Government to resign. The regional PSOE rejected UCD's pleas for re-joining the government—which it had left in November 1979 over disagreements on the Statute issue—and instead requested for the regional government's renovation, amid calls that UCD had proven unable to generate the required confidence in the Galician people with the autonomy process, a move which UCD rejected likewise. After several delays, the Statute was taken to the Cortes Generales for its final ratification, being approved by the Congress on 17 February 1981, and by the Senate on 17 March. The Statute was promulgated on 6 April 1981 and published in the Official State Gazette on 28 April, coming into force on 18 May. The first regional election would, under the Statute's provisions, be scheduled for 20 October 1981.


1980 Galleon Shippers season
The 1980 Galleon Shippers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1980 Galleon Shippers season, New team
Galleon Shipping Corporation, a company owned by Rodolfo Cuenca, acquired the franchise of the disbanded Filmanbank. The franchise debuted in the 1980 PBA season as the Galleon Shippers. The core team was built around former Filmanbank players that included skipper Rudolf Kutch, Larry Mumar, Romulo Palijo, Nilo Cruz, Angelito Ladores and Ben Ocariza. It acquired two former U-Tex Wranglers; Anthony Dasalla and Renato Lobo, and a recruit from the amateur ranks, Robinson Obrique. The team was coached by Nic Jorge with assistant Adriano "Bong" Go, a former national youth team trainer.


1980 Galleon Shippers season, New team
Galleon's two reinforcements in the Open Conference were Paul McCracken and 6-10 Larry Jackson. After five games, Jackson was replaced by 7-foot center Jeff Wilkins.


1980 Garden State Bowl
The 1980 Garden State Bowl, part of the 1980 bowl game season, took place on December 14, 1980, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The competing teams were the Navy Midshipmen, which competed as a football independent, and the Houston Cougars, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). Houston dominated both sides of the ball in their 35–0 shutout of the Midshipmen. This would prove to be Houston's last bowl game win for almost three decades, until the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, when the Cougars finally snapped an eight-game bowl losing streak.


1980 Garden State Bowl, Teams, Houston
The 1980 Houston squad finished their regular season 6–5 and tied for second place in the Southwest Conference. The Cougars lost to Arizona State, Miami (FL), Baylor, Texas and Rice. They accepted an invitation to play in the Garden State Bowl against Navy on November 15. The appearance was the first for Houston in the Garden State Bowl and their 10th overall bowl appearance.


1980 Garden State Bowl, Teams, Navy
The 1980 Navy squad finished their regular season 8–3. The Midshipmen lost to Virginia, Air Force and Notre Dame. They accepted an invitation to play in the Garden State Bowl against Houston on November 15 following their victory over Georgia Tech. The appearance was the first for Navy in the Garden State Bowl and their 8th overall bowl appearance.


1980 Garden State Bowl, Game summary
After recovering a Navy fumble on their first drive, Houston scored their first of five rushing touchdowns when Terald Clark ran it in from one-yard out. After Leo Truss blocked a punt, the Cougars drove 43-yards for their second first-quarter touchdown on a one-yard Terry Elston run. Early in the second quarter, Navy had their best scoring opportunity of the afternoon after a Houston turnover. However, Steve Fehr missed a 27-yard field goal and Houston retained their shutout.


1980 Garden State Bowl, Game summary
The Cougars then extended their lead to 28–0 at halftime after touchdown runs of 16 and 26 yards by David Barrett and then Clark. Clark then scored the final points of the game in the third quarter after Clark's third touchdown of the day on a two-yard run. For his 163 yards and three touchdowns, Terald Clark was named the MVP of the game.


1980 Gator Bowl
The 1980 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 1980, at Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. The game pitted the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Pittsburgh Panthers.


1980 Gator Bowl, Background
The Panthers began the season ranked #3 in the nation. Despite victories in their first four games, they managed to fall a spot before their matchup against #11 Florida State. They lost the game 36–22 to the Seminoles, falling to #11. They promptly won the next six games to finish with 10 victories in a season for the second straight season while winning the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy. This was Pittsburgh's seventh bowl game in seven years, along with their sixth straight bowl and 2nd Gator Bowl in four seasons.


1980 Gator Bowl, Background
South Carolina started the season with two victories to rise to #20 in the polls before a game versus #4 USC. A 23–13 loss dropped them out, but they rebounded the following week with a victory over #17 Michigan. They rose to #14 with three more wins before facing #4 Georgia, which they lost 13–10. They finished the season 2–1, winning over The Citadel and Wake Forest but losing to Clemson. Their season was highlighted by senior running back George Rogers, who rushed for 1,781 yards (the best in the nation) while winning the Heisman Trophy. More importantly, the Gamecocks were in a bowl game for the second straight year and third time in five years, along with their first Gator Bowl appearance since 1946.


1980 Gator Bowl, Game summary
Rick Trocano was named MVP for Pittsburgh, passing 10-of-21 for 155 yards while rushing for a touchdown. George Rogers was named MVP for South Carolina, rushing for 113 yards on 27 carries. Pittsburgh outrushed South Carolina 165 to 116 and outpassed them 233 to 168. The Gamecocks had five turnovers; the Panthers had four turnovers. There were ten combined punts, for an average of around 30 yards.


1980 Gator Bowl, Aftermath
The Panthers reached five more bowl games in the decade (though no Gator Bowls), while the Gamecocks reached three more bowl games in the decade, including a Gator Bowl appearance in 1987. It would take 15 more years for South Carolina to record their first bowl win.


1980 Geneva Open
The 1980 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at Geneva in Switzerland and was held from 22 September until 28 September 1980. Third-seeded Balázs Taróczy won the singles title.


1980 Geneva Open, Finals, Doubles
Željko Franulović /  Balázs Taróczy defeated  Heinz Günthardt /  Markus Günthardt 6–4, 4–6, 6–4


1980 Geneva Open – Doubles
Željko Franulović and Balázs Taróczy won the title, defeating Heinz Günthardt and Markus Günthardt 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


1980 Geneva Open – Singles
Balázs Taróczy won the title, defeating Adriano Panatta 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


1980 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1980 Gent–Wevelgem was the 42nd edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 2 April 1980. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Henk Lubberding of the TI–Raleigh team.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 12–0 record. The Bulldogs had a regular season Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 6–0. The Bulldogs completed their season with a 17–10 victory over Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The team was named national champion by NCAA-designated major selectors of Associated Press, Berryman, Billingsley, Football News, Football Writers, Helms, National Championship Foundation, National Football Foundation, Poling System, Sporting News, and UPI (coaches), while co-champion by Rothman and Sagarin (ELO-Chess), resulting in a consensus national champion designation.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Before the season
Herschel Walker, a 6-1, 218-pound running back, and the most sought after high school football player in the nation, signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1980.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Tennessee
The season began with junior Donnie McMickens starting ahead of Walker at tailback as the Bulldogs faced the University of Tennessee on September 6 in Knoxville. With Tennessee gaining a 9–0 lead early in the 2nd quarter, coach Dooley told his offensive coordinator, "I'm putting Herschel in...Don't be afraid to let him carry the ball."


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Tennessee
Tennessee held a 15–2 advantage late in the third quarter when Walker changed the momentum of the game. Late in the third quarter, Walker scored on a pitch sweep from 16 yards out, where he ran over Tennessee's safety and future Dallas Cowboys teammate, Bill Bates, near the goal line. Walker scored again five minutes later on a 9-yard touchdown run as Georgia went on to win the game, 16–15.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Texas A&M
A week later, Georgia hosted Texas A&M as the Bulldogs got off to a 28–0 lead by halftime. With four minutes left in the third quarter, Walker broke off a 76-yard TD run. He finished with 21 carries for 145 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Aggies. Quarterback Buck Belue complemented Walker's ground game by going 6 of 13 for 147 passing yards during the contest.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Clemson
In the games that followed, Georgia raced to a 6–0 start by knocking off Clemson (20–16), TCU (34–3), Ole Miss (28–21), and Vanderbilt (41–0). Walker ran for 121 yards against Clemson and 69 more versus TCU—including a 41-yard run. Georgia's 20-16 win over Clemson was even closer than the score indicated, as the Tigers held Georgia to just 155 total yards, of offense which was just 34 more than Walker's rush total. Walker needed help from senior CB/PR Scott Woerner to get past defensive-minded Clemson as the return man delivered with a 67-yard punt return for a score early in the first quarter as the Bulldogs would go on to win a close one.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Ole Miss
Walker missed much of the Ole Miss game with an injury.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
In the Vandy game on October 18, Walker had 23 rushes for a career-high 283 yards, scoring on long touchdown runs of 60, 48, and 53 yards.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, South Carolina
The special teams and defense gave Georgia the upper hand in the two weekends that followed and helped the Bulldogs get past Kentucky (27–0) and South Carolina (13–10). The win in Athens, Georgia over the Gamecocks on November 1 featured Walker matching up with the 1980 Heisman Trophy winner, George Rogers. Georgia got out to a 13–0 lead early in the third quarter and held on to win by 3 points. Walker's 76-yard touchdown run gave Georgia a commanding lead at 10–0 with early in the 3rd quarter. Walker rushed 43 times for 219 yards.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Florida
Georgia had made it to 8–0 when coach Dooley's Bulldogs faced the most daunting task of the year. The game would be affectionately referred to as the "Miracle on Duval Street" as second-ranked Georgia faced a 6–1 Florida Gators team in Jacksonville on November 8. Walker started things off by taking a toss sweep play to the right for 72 yards and a score early in the first quarter. Walker carried Georgia's offense that afternoon by rushing 37 times for 238 yards against the Gators.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Florida
Georgia extended its lead to 20–10 late in the 3rd quarter when Florida began to mount its comeback. Florida QB Wayne Peace directed two scoring drives that gave the Gators a 21–20 lead late. With time running out on 3rd-and-11, QB Buck Belue found WR Lindsay Scott for a 93-yard touchdown pass to give Georgia the win, 26–21.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Auburn
Georgia clinched the SEC Championship on November 15 by taking out Auburn on the road, 31–21. Walker did most of the work by rushing 27 times for 84 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Season summary, Georgia Tech
Two weeks later, Walker ended the regular season with an exclamation point by scoring on touchdown runs of 1, 23, and 65 yards as Georgia defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech, 38–20. Walker rushed 25 times for 205 yards against the Ramblin' Wreck.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Postseason, Notre Dame
The Bulldogs were ranked No. 1 at 11–0 as they were invited to play a traditional football power, coach Dan Devine's Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9–1–1), in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La. on January 1, 1981. With the score tied 3–3, Walker took center stage after Notre Dame failed to properly field a kickoff. Two plays later, Walker dove over the top for a 1-yard touchdown run to give UGA a 10–3 lead. He took advantage of more Irish misfortune as a Notre Dame fumble set Georgia up at the Irish 22-yard line. Three plays later, Walker was in the end zone again for a 17–3 lead. Georgia held on to win, 17–10. Walker, who suffered a dislocated left shoulder very early in the game, managed to rush 36 times for 150 yards, including a longest run of 23 yards.


1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Postseason, Notre Dame
At the season's conclusion, Walker helped his Georgia Bulldogs complete a 12–0 record as the Associated Press voted the University of Georgia No. 1 with 58½ first place votes to Pittsburgh's 3½. Walker and his teammates were also voted No. 1 by the United Press International Poll—which listed Georgia with 36 first place votes to Pitt's three.


1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech struggled mightily under Curry, finishing with one of the worst records in Georgia Tech history with 1 win, 9 losses, and 1 tie. A major highlight was achieved, however, when the Yellow Jackets produced a 3–3 tie against the number one team in the country, the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish.


1980 German Formula Three Championship
The 1980 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1980 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 30 March at Nürburgring and ended at Kassel-Calden on 5 October after seven rounds.


1980 German Formula Three Championship
Bertram Schäfer Racing driver Frank Jelinski became a champion. He won round at Diepholz Airfield Circuit. His teammate and title rival Wolfgang Klein, who lost  just by one point won races at Nürburgring and Siegerland. Franz Kondrad completed the top-three in the drivers' standings. Harald Brutschin, Peter Kroeber, Michele Alboreto and Thierry Boutsen were the only other drivers who were able to win a race in the season.


1980 German Grand Prix
The 1980 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 10 August 1980. It was the ninth round of the 1980 Formula One season. The race was the 42nd German Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at Hockenheim. The race was held over 45 laps of the 6.823-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 307 kilometres.


1980 German Grand Prix
The race was won by Jacques Laffite driving a Ligier JS11/15. The win was Laffite's fourth Formula One Grand Prix victory and his first in over a year having previously won the 1979 Brazilian Grand Prix. Laffite won by three seconds over Carlos Reutemann driving a Williams FW07B. Third was Reutemann's Williams Grand Prix Engineering teammate Alan Jones.


1980 German Grand Prix, Report
The lead up to the race was overshadowed by the death of Alfa Romeo driver Patrick Depailler. Who had suffered a fatal accident ten days prior in private testing at Hockenheim when his Alfa Romeo 179 crashed.


1980 German Grand Prix, Report
In qualifying, Jones managed to beat Renault RE20 driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille to the pole by four-hundredths of a second. Both drivers averaged 231 km/h (143.5 mph) around the circuit. They were followed by René Arnoux in the other Renault, Jones's Argentine teammate Carlos Reutemann, French driver Jacques Laffite, Brazilian Nelson Piquet (Brabham BT49), Frenchman Didier Pironi (Ligier JS11/15), and Finn Keke Rosberg in a Fittipaldi F8.


1980 German Grand Prix, Report
The very high speed Hockenheimring favored more powerful turbocharged engines, and was expected to be a Renault circuit. Jean-Pierre Jabouille led early with Arnoux third behind Jones. Both engines in the Renault RE20s failed within a lap of each other leaving Jones to lead until he stopped after he punctured a tyre after the second chicane, dropping behind Laffite and Reutemann.


1980 German Grand Prix, Report
Nelson Piquet finished fourth in his Brabham BT49 ahead of the only Alfa Romeo entered, that of Bruno Giacomelli. Canadian Gilles Villeneuve collected just his fourth point for the year in the blighted Ferrari 312T5. In his 100th race start, West German driver Jochen Mass finished eighth in his Arrows A3, behind Mario Andretti (Lotus 81).


1980 German Grand Prix, Report
Jones expanded his points lead over Piquet to seven. Reutemann was up to third, 15 points behind and Laffite was up to fourth, 16 points down on Jones. The Renault drivers had faded and Ferrari drivers were completely out of the picture. Williams' lead over Ligier in the Constructors' Championship was now 19 points, with the rest over 30 points behind.


1980 German Open Championships
The 1980 German Open Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, West Germany that was part of the Super Series of the 1980 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 72nd edition of the event and took place from 12 May until 18 May 1980. Second-seeded Harold Solomon won the singles title.


1980 German Open Championships, Finals, Singles
Harold Solomon defeated  Guillermo Vilas, 6–7, 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3


1980 German Open Championships, Finals, Doubles
Andrés Gómez /  Hans Gildemeister defeated  Reinhart Probst /  Max Wünschig, 6–3, 6–4


1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 August 1980 at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife.


1980 Gibraltar general election
General elections were held in Gibraltar on 6 February 1980. The result was a victory for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights, which won eight of the 15 seats in the House of Assembly.


1980 Gibraltar general election, Electoral system
The electoral system for the House of Assembly allowed each voter to vote for up to eight candidates.


1980 Gilbey's Gin season
The 1980 Gilbey's Gin season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1980 Gilbey's Gin season, Semifinal stint
Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and they made it to the four-team semifinals for the first time in five conferences. The Gins didn't win any match in the single round-robin and they placed fourth by losing to Tanduay in four games of their best-of-five series for third place.


1980 Gilbey's Gin season, Awards
Willie Generalao was named the season's Rookie of the year


1980 Gillette Cup
The 1980 Gillette Cup was an English limited overs county cricket tournament held between 2 July and 6 September 1980. It was the eighteenth and final Gillette Cup before it was renamed as the NatWest Trophy in 1981. Middlesex won the tournament, defeating Surrey by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1980 Gillette Cup, Format
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Cornwall, Devon, Durham, Oxfordshire and Suffolk. The tournament also marked the first time that Ireland were included. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 2 September 1980.


1980 Girabola
The 1980 Girabola was the second season of top-tier football competition in Angola. The season ran from 19 April 1980 to 28 February 1981. Primeiro de Agosto were the defending champions.


1980 Girabola
The league comprised 14 teams, the bottom three of which were relegated.


1980 Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 2nd title, while Palancas do Huambo, Sagrada Esperança, Santa Rita and Sassamba da LS were relegated.


1980 Girabola
On the course of the championship, Santa Rita de Moçâmedes was renamed as Grupo Desportivo Welwitschia. Estrela Vermelha do Huambo, on its part, was renamed as Mambroa.


1980 Girabola
Francisco Carlos de Abreu aka Alves of Primeiro de Agosto finished as the top scorer with 29 goals.


1980 Girabola, Changes from the 1979 season
Relegated: 14 de Abril, Desp de Xangongo, Diabos Negros, FC de Cabinda, FC Mbanza Congo, Ginásio do KK, Juv do Kunge, Luta SC Cabinda, Makotas de Malange, Naval Porto Amboim, Sassamba da LS, Vitória AC do BiéPromoted: Sagrada Esperança, Sassamba da LS


1980 Giro d'Italia
The 1980 Giro d'Italia was the 63rd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours races. The Giro started in Genoa, on 15 May, with a 7 km (4.3 mi) prologue and concluded in Milan, on 8 June, with a 114 km (70.8 mi) mass-start stage. A total of 130 riders from thirteen teams entered the 22-stage race, that was won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault of the Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo team. The second and third places were taken by Italians Wladimiro Panizza and Giovanni Battaglin, respectively.


1980 Giro d'Italia
Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Gis Gelati's Giuseppe Saronni won the points classification, Claudio Bortolotto of Mobilifico San Giacomo-Benotto won the mountains classification, and Bianchi-Piaggio's Tommy Prim completed the Giro as the best rider aged 24 or under in the general classification, finishing fourth overall. Bianchi-Piaggio finishing as the winners of the team classification, ranking each of the twenty teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Teams
A total of thirteen teams were invited to participate in the 1980 Giro d'Italia. Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 130 cyclists. From the riders that began this edition, 89 made it to the finish in Milan.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 1980 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani on 31 January 1980. Covering a total of 4,025 km (2,501 mi), it included three individual time trials, and ten stages with categorized climbs that awarded mountains classification points. Four of these ten stages had summit finishes: stage 8, to Fiuggi; stage 11, to Campotenese; stage 14, to Roccaraso; and stage 18, to Zoldo Alto.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
In the case the Stelvio was not passable by bike, the nineteenth and twentieth stages had a back-up plan where that took an alternate route through the Pordoi Pass in stage nineteen and would be the new Cima Coppi. The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 724 km (450 mi) longer and contained two less time trials. In addition, this race contained three more stages.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Three different jerseys were worn during the 1980 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was French rider Jean-René Bernaudeau. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but considering only riders aged 24 and younger.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11
The 1980 Giro d'Italia was the 63rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with a prologue individual time trial on 15 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 27 May with a stage to Campotenese. The race finished in Milan on 7 June.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Prologue
15 May 1980 — Genoa, 7 km (4.3 mi) (ITT)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 1
16 May 1980 — Genoa to Imperia, 123 km (76 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 2
17 May 1980 — Imperia to Turin, 179 km (111 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 3
18 May 1980 — Turin to Parma, 243 km (151 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 4
19 May 1980 — Parma to Marina di Pisa, 193 km (120 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 5
20 May 1980 — Pontedera to Pisa, 36 km (22 mi) (ITT)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 6
22 May 1980 — Rio Marina to Portoferraio, 126 km (78 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 7
23 May 1980 — Castiglione della Pescaia to Orvieto, 199 km (124 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 8
24 May 1980 — Orvieto to Fiuggi, 216 km (134 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 9
25 May 1980 — Fiuggi to Sorrento, 247 km (153 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 10
26 May 1980 — Sorrento to Palinuro, 177 km (110 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 11, Stage 11
27 May 1980 — Palinuro to Campotenese, 145 km (90 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22
The 1980 Giro d'Italia was the 63rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Genoa, with a prologue individual time trial on 15 May, and Stage 12 occurred on 28 May with a stage from Villapiana Lido. The race finished in Milan on 7 June.


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 12
28 May 1980 — Villapiana Lido to Campi Salentina, 203 km (126 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 13
29 May 1980 — Campi Salentina to Barletta, 220 km (140 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 14
30 May 1980 — Foggia to Roccaraso, 186 km (116 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 15
31 May 1980 — Roccaraso to Teramo, 194 km (121 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 16
1 June 1980 — Giulianova to Gatteo a Mare, 229 km (142 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 17
2 June 1980 — Gatteo a Mare to Sirmione, 237 km (147 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 18
3 June 1980 — Sirmione to Zoldo Alto, 239 km (149 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 19
4 June 1980 — Longarone to Cles, 241 km (150 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 20
5 June 1980 — Cles to Sondrio, 221 km (137 mi)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 21
6 June 1980 — Saronno to Turbigo, 50.4 km (31.3 mi) (ITT)


1980 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 22
7 June 1980 — Milan to Milan, 114 km (71 mi)


1980 Giro del Trentino
The 1980 Giro del Trentino was the fourth edition of the Tour of the Alps cycle race and was held on 7 May to 10 May 1980. The race started and finished in Arco. The race was won by Francesco Moser.


1980 Giro di Lombardia
The 1980 Giro di Lombardia was the 74th edition of the Giro di Lombardia cycle race and was held on 18 October 1980. The race started in Milan and finished in Como. The race was won by Alfons De Wolf of the Boule d'Or team.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election
The 1980 Glasgow Central by-election was a by-election held on 26 June 1980 for the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Central, following the death of its sitting MP, Thomas McMillan.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election
On a turnout of 48%, the Labour Party held the seat.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election, Background
Labour had held the seat for 30 years, having won it at the 1950 general election. McMillan had been the MP for the seat since 1966.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election, Candidates
This was the last parliamentary by-election in England, Scotland or Wales not contested by an official candidate of either the Liberal Party, the SDP, or their successor party the Liberal Democrats; until the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election. The Social Democrat candidate had no connection to the SDP (which wasn't created until 1981) and achieved the lowest vote for any candidate in a Parliamentary election under universal suffrage, a record later surpassed by the five votes obtained by independent campaigner Bill Boaks in the Glasgow Hillhead by-election of March 1982.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election, Candidates
Because there was no official candidate, Liberal Party member Graham Watson offered himself as a candidate sponsored by the Scottish Young Liberals. He later became a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election, Candidates
As a seat considered safe for Labour, there was little surprise when its candidate Bob McTaggart was declared victor, with 60.8% of the votes cast. Both of his closest rivals were later elected to sit in British parliaments: Gil Paterson, representing the Scottish National Party, was elected as a delegate for Central Scotland in the first sitting of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, while Conservative Anna McCurley won the Renfrew West and Inverclyde seat in the general election of 1983. McCurley was at the time a member of Strathclyde Regional Council, to which she had been elected in 1978, and had unsuccessfully contested West Stirlingshire for the Conservatives at the previous general election.


1980 Glasgow Central by-election, Candidates
While Labour won, the good performance of the SNP was described by The Glasgow Herald as the "surprise of the night" and the newspaper argued it mark their return "to the political stage" and that "both the major parties... were shaken" by the SNP's share of the vote.


1980 Gloucester City Council election
The 1980 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 1980 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.


1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian Union territory of Goa in 1980, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly.


1980 Governor General's Awards
Each winner of the 1980 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.


1980 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 1980 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 38th-year head coach Eddie Robinson, the Tigers compiling an overall record of 10–2 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and sharing the SWAC title with Jackson State. Grambling State was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to eventual national champion Boise State. The Tigers won a black college football national championship.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak
The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, also known as The Night of the Twisters, was a tornado outbreak that produced a series of destructive tornadoes that affected the city of Grand Island, Nebraska, on Tuesday, June 3, 1980. Seven tornadoes touched down in or near the city that night, killing five people and injuring 200.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak
The name generally referred to by Grand Island area residents for the event, "The Night of the Twisters", comes from the semi-fictionalized book of the same name, loosely based on the June 3rd, 1980 tornadoes, by author Ivy Ruckman, which in turn inspired a made-for-TV movie that premiered on The Family Channel (now Freeform) in February 1996. While the Grand Island tornado outbreak is best known for the Grand Island tornado family on June 3, the outbreak as a whole produced 29 tornadoes across two days, and caused severe damage as far east as Pennsylvania. The outbreak killed five and injured 413.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Outbreak description
The outbreak began on June 2, producing strong tornadoes in Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio, including one that struck the east side of Indianapolis. One fatality occurred near Crawfordsville, Indiana. Tornado activity continued on June 3, with additional strong tornadoes touching down in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Nebraska. Over a span of three hours on the evening of June 3, 1980, a slow-moving supercell complex moving across Grand Island, Nebraska, spawned several tornadoes.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Outbreak description
The resulting outbreak was one of the most unusual in United States history: The supercells moved over the city at only 8 mph (13 km/h); of the seven tornadoes, three of them were anticyclonic; and the tornadoes did not move in a straight line, with most looping back over their own path at least once.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Aftermath
The tornadoes in Grand Island, Nebraska killed five, injured 200, and caused an estimated more than $285 million (USD) ($600 million 2003 USD) in damage. In Nebraska, Tornado warnings allowed people to get to safety in time, which prevented a higher death toll. The South Locust Street area in Grand Island was hardest hit, struck by the fifth tornado of the night (an F4 tornado). Much of the rubble and debris left by the tornadoes was placed in a landfill that now forms Tornado Hill, a popular biking and sledding spot in Grand Island today.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Fictionalized accounts of the event, Book
In 1984, a semi-fictionalized book version of this significant tornado outbreak by children's author Ivy Ruckman, a native of Nebraska, was released under the title Night of the Twisters. The book told the story of Danny Hatch, a pre-teen and his family, and what happened to them as the event took place.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Fictionalized accounts of the event, Television film
The book inspired a made-for-cable television original movie of the same name, that premiered on February 14, 1996, on The Family Channel (now Freeform). The movie version still centered on the Hatch Family and most of the characters in the book were adapted to the film. However, there were several discrepancies from the movie and the book version. The most notable being the town in the movie is changed from Grand Island to the fictional town of Blainsworth, which Ivy Ruckman reportedly was disappointed about as it took some of the reality out of the actual event.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Fictionalized accounts of the event, Television film
Danny's father's name is changed to Jack in the film (played by John Schneider) and is mentioned to be his stepfather as Danny's real father is revealed to have died in a plane crash when Danny was six years old. One somewhat prominent character in the movie was Bob Iverson (played by David Ferry), who was not included in the book.


1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, Fictionalized accounts of the event, Television film
Danny's mother occupation is also changed to waitress. The last scene in the film in which the Hatch family tries to outrun a tornado in a car lent to them at a shelter was added specifically for the film and was not in the book, either. Danny and his friend Arthur's (played by Devon Sawa and Amos Crawley) ages are also changed to their mid-teens (though their ages are never mentioned in the film).


1980 Grand National
BBC commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the race


1980 Grand National
The 1980 Grand National (officially known as The Sun Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 134th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1980. The race, which carried the title, the World's greatest steeplechase, was won by Ben Nevis, ridden by the American amateur rider Charlie Fenwick. Only 4 horses finished the race out of 30 starters.


1980 Grand National, Media coverage
The twenty-first Grand National covered live on the BBC in a Grandstand special presented by David Coleman.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1980 Volvo Grand Prix was a men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. The Grand Prix circuit is a precursor to the ATP Tour.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis)
Volvo became the new tour sponsor of the Grand Prix circuit after Colgate-Palmolive decided to end its sponsorship.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis), Schedule
The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis), Standings
The 1980 Grand Prix tournaments were divided in 12 separate point categories, ranging from the Grand Slam tournaments (350 points for the winner) to the smallest Regular Series tournaments (50 points for the winner). At the end of the year the top-ranked players received a bonus from a $750,000 bonus pool. To qualify for a bonus a player must have participated in at least three Grand Prix tournaments with a prize money of $175,000 or more as well as three tournaments with prize money of $50,000–$75,000 during weeks when a $75,000 event is scheduled.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis), ATP rankings
*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981.


1980 Grand Prix (tennis), List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:


1980 Grand Prix d'Automne
The 1980 Grand Prix d'Automne was the 74th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 28 September 1980. The race started in Blois and finished in Chaville. The race was won by Daniel Willems of the IJsboerke team.


1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 32nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.


1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
Yamaha's Kenny Roberts claimed his third successive 500cc world championship in a season shortened by the cancellations of the Venezuelan and Austrian rounds. Randy Mamola took over at Suzuki from Barry Sheene. Kawasaki returned to the 500cc class with a monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington. Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against its two-stroke opposition.


1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Season summary
There were only six rounds in the 350cc class that saw South Africa's Jon Ekerold, a true privateer, take the championship from the Kawasaki factory-sponsored Anton Mang. Mang would take the 250cc crown from defending champion Ballington while Pier Paolo Bianchi won the 125cc title. Eugenio Lazzarini won a tight battle from Swiss Stefan Dörflinger to take the 50cc championship by only 2 points.


1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1980 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1980:


1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Participants, 500cc riders' standings
Points are awarded to the top ten finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.


1980 Great Taste Discoverers season
The 1980 Great Taste Discoverers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Presto Fun Drinks in the All-Filipino Conference.


1980 Great Taste Discoverers season, Summary
In the Open Conference, the Discoverers had returning import Jim Hearns, who saw action for the team last season, being paired with 6-11 Lewis Brown, a Milwaukee Bucks' draftee and the tallest among the crop of imports. Great Taste won eight of their nine games in the first round of elimination phase and losing only to Toyota Tamaraws. Great Taste finish second behind Toyota in the team standings after 18 games with 13 wins and five losses. In the semifinal round, the Discoverers lost all their six assignments and were swept in three games by Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in their series for third place.


1980 Great Taste Discoverers season, Summary
The CFC ballclub known as Presto Fun Drinks in the All-Filipino Conference have lost all their nine outings in the one-round eliminations as the franchise set a season record for the longest losing streak by any PBA team at 18 games.


1980 Greek presidential election
An indirect election for the position of President of the Hellenic Republic was held by the Hellenic Parliament in April–May 1980.


1980 Greek presidential election
The ruling New Democracy under Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis possessed only 175 votes in the 300-strong parliament, falling short of the required number for a straightaway election (200 votes in the first two rounds, 180 in the third). Karamanlis, who was aware of PASOK's electoral upswing and the imminence of its coming to power—as indeed happened in the 1981 elections—preferred to move to the presidency of the Republic, which at the time still held considerable powers. He therefore resigned as Prime Minister to stand for the presidency, being succeeded as Prime Minister by Georgios Rallis.


1980 Greek presidential election
Several candidates were put forward by minor parties alongside Karamanlis, including Georgios Mylonas (KODISO), Leonidas Kyrkos (KKE Interior), Ioannis Zigdis (EDIK), Stelios Papathemelis, Ilias Iliou and Faidon Vegleris (United Democratic Left). Karamanlis received 179 votes and 180 votes in the first and second ballot respectively, and was elected on the third ballot with 183 votes, i.e. the 175 MPs of New Democracy as well as eight independent MPs or MPs from the minor parties.


1980 Green Bay Packers season
The 1980 Green Bay Packers season was their 62nd season overall and their 60th in the National Football League. The team posted a 5–10–1 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFC Central division.


1980 Green Bay Packers season
Before the 1980 season even began, first-round draft pick Bruce Clark bolted directly for the Canadian Football League, never playing a down for the Packers. He forced a trade to the New Orleans Saints upon returning to the United States. Green Bay regrouped and started strong by outlasting the Chicago Bears in an overtime thriller in the season opener. But with 27 players on injured reserved during the course of the year, the team was unable to replenish its roster and Green Bay suffered their 7th losing season in 8 years.


1980 Green Bay Packers season
Exactly three months after the opener at Lambeau Field,  The Packers would rematch with the Bears. However, Chicago exacted revenge by embarrassing the Packers 7–61 at Soldier Field, causing the Packers to be eliminated from the playoffs for the 8th straight season.


1980 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
Players highlighted in yellow indicate players selected to the Pro Bowl during their NFL career.


1980 Green Bay Packers season, Awards and records, Hall of Famers
In 1980 Packer great Herb Adderley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame


1980 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
The 1980 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship was the 10th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qaqortoq. It was won by Nagdlunguaq-48 for the third time in its history.


1980 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 1980 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 16th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens cycle race and was held on 21 September 1980. The race started and finished in Leuven. The race was won by Ludo Delcroix.


1980 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1979–80 is the 2nd staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong.


1980 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The first leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 30 December 1979 while the second leg was played in Guangzhou on 13 January 1980.


1980 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong captured the champion for their first time by winning an aggregate 1–0.


1980 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Hong Kong
The team consists of 19 players. Some of the players include:


1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
The 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 14 November 1980, led by Prime Minister General João Bernardo Vieira. It led to the deposition of President Luís Cabral, who held the office since 1973, while the country's War of Independence was still ongoing. Furthermore, it resulted in the abandonment of the proposed unification of Guinea-Bissau with Cape Verde, a fellow Lusophone West African country. The Cape Verdean branch of the PAIGC party (the ruling party in both countries) broke away and formed the new PAICV party in January 1981 under the leadership of Aristides Pereira, President of Cape Verde and former Secretary-General of the PAIGC.


1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
General Vieira announced the creation of the Revolutionary Council, which would exercise all executive and legislative powers in the country. Eventually, a power struggle developed between Vieira and Victor Saúde Maria, Prime Minister and Vice President of the Revolutionary Council, the only civilian member of the body, with the latter being forced into exile in Portugal in March 1984. Two months later a new Constitution was promulgated, proclaiming Vieira as President and returning the country to civilian rule.


1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
Vieira himself was deposed in the 1998–99 Civil War and exiled to Portugal in June 1999, but returned to the country in 2005 and was again elected to the presidency, and held the office until his assassination by a group of soldiers on 2 March 2009.


1980 Guinean legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 27 January 1980. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally as the sole legal party. The party produced a list of 210 candidates for the 210 seats (increased from 150), which voters were asked to approve. Voter turnout was reported to be 95.69%.


1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
The 6th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1977. Indian National Congress (INC) won 141 seats out of 182 seats. While, Janata Party (JP) won 21 seats and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won nine seats. INC performed better in this election and gained 66 seats.


1980 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
A total of 950 men and 24 women contested the election. Total 177 men and 5 women won in elections. The number of polling stations was 21,137 and the number of electors per polling station was 785.


1980 Guyanese general election
General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1980. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 41 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 82.3%.


1980 Hall of Fame Classic
The 1980 Hall of Fame Classic was a college football postseason bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Tulane Green Wave.


1980 Hall of Fame Classic, Background
The Razorbacks finished 6th in the Southwestern Conference in their second bowl game in the calendar year of 1980. This was Tulane's second straight bowl appearance (the first time in school history) and fourth in 10 years.


1980 Hall of Fame Classic, Game summary
James Tolbert started the scoring off for the Razorbacks with his 1 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Gary Anderson made it 14–0 on his 80 yard punt return for a touchdown. Steve Clyde caught a 9 yard touchdown pass from Tom Jones to make it 21–0, and Anderson added in a touchdown run from 46 yards to give Arkansas a 28–0 halftime lead. Ish Ordonez made it 31–0 on his 40 yard field goal in the 3rd quarter.


1980 Hall of Fame Classic, Game summary
Tulane finally got on the board on Marcus Anderson's touchdown reception of 62 yards from Nickie Hall to make it 31–7. Ordonez added in his 2nd field goal to make it 34–7 in the fourth quarter. Kelvin Robinson scored on a touchdown plunge to make it 34–14, but Tulane could not score after that as Arkansas won their first bowl game since 1978. Gary Anderson rushed for 156 yards on 11 carries.


1980 Hall of Fame Classic, Aftermath
Tulane waited seven years to make their next bowl appearance, in 1987. The Razorbacks made seven more bowl games in the decade. Neither returned to this bowl game.


1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 1980 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 23rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 31st overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with an 8–7–1 record. They appeared in the 68th Grey Cup game, but lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, who won their third straight championship.


1980 Hang Ten 400
The 1980 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. The event, which was Round 2 of the 1980 Australian Championship of Makes was staged on 14 September 1980 over 109 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 337.9 km.


1980 Hang Ten 400
The field was divided into the following four engine capacity classes:


1980 Hang Ten 400, Results
Note : Of the forty seven starters, twenty three were classified as finishers. Of the ten for which the results are unknown, eight were non-finishers and the remaining two placed 21st and 22nd.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 21st running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 5 October 1980 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to cars eligible under the locally developed CAMS Group C Touring Car regulations with four engine capacity based classes.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their third consecutive Bathurst 1000 debuting the Holden Commodore for the Holden Dealer Team. In taking a one lap win over Peter Janson and Larry Perkins, Brock won his fifth Bathurst 1000, breaking the record for most wins in the history of the race. Janson and Perkins finished second for the second successive year and finished three laps ahead of Ian Geoghegan and Paul Gulson as Commodores filled the first seven positions.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The race is most famous for the retirement of the Ford Falcon of Dick Johnson. The 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship had featured one of the smallest fields in its then twelve years as a multi-race championship. The championship was dominated by Brock, with only two or three other cars competitive, including the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 of Kevin Bartlett.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The emergence of hard charging Ford privateer Johnson into a race winning threat just one month prior to Bathurst revitalised interest, more so when Johnson qualified on the front row of the grid, alongside the pole-setting Camaro of Bartlett, and ahead of Brock. Johnson ran away from the field at the start and Brock dropped a lap behind Johnson after a clash with a back-marker Holden Gemini.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
Johnson crashed heavily into the wall just after the Cutting on lap 17 after clipping a large rock on the track when presented with no other options as a slow-moving tow truck carrying a dead-car blocked the other side of the track. During a Channel 7 television interview with visiting pit reporter Chris Economaki, a distraught Johnson stated he had dedicated all of his finances in a final shot at the winning the race after ten years as a competent mid-fielder.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
Mike Raymond then interrupted the interview from the commentary booth to inform a moved Johnson that their switchboards around the country were flooded with calls from people pledging money to get Johnson and his Ford back racing. Eventually a total of AU$72,000 was raised. This was matched dollar for dollar by the then boss of Ford Australia, Edsel Ford II, who quickly saw the value of having Johnson keeping Ford at the front of touring car racing despite the company having pulled out of racing at the end of 1978. Johnson would go on to repay the faith shown in him by Edsel Ford and the Australian public, using the $144,000 he received to build a new Falcon in which he would go on to win the 1981 ATCC and the crash shortened 1981 James Hardie 1000.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
The 1980 win by the HDT Commodore saw Holden become the first manufacturer since Ford in 1963, 1964 and 1965 to win three consecutive races on The Mountain.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, 3001-6000cc
The class featured the V8 Holden Commodores, racing at Bathurst for the first time, the equally new Ford XD Falcons, Chevrolet Camaros and a Jaguar XJ-S.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, 2001-3000cc
The class featured a battle between Ford Capris and Mazda RX7s, with a six-cylinder Holden Commodore.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, 1601-2000cc
The class saw a mix Alfa Romeo Alfettas, Ford Escorts, Toyota Celicas and Triumph Dolomites plus a single Isuzu Gemini.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Class structure, Up to 1600cc
The final class featured Ford Escorts, Holden Geminis, Isuzu Geminis, a Toyota Corolla, an Alfa Romeo Alfasud, a Volkswagen Golf GTi and a Mitsubishi Lancer.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Hardies Heroes
* This was the first touring car race in which he competed during 1980 where Peter Brock's #05 HDT Commodore did not claim pole position. Brock had claimed pole in his previous 12 races during the year including all 8 rounds of the ATCC and the Hang Ten 400 at Sandown. * It was the first time that the 5.7L V8 Chevrolet Camaro, an American car, had sat on pole for the race. The Camaro was also the first non-Holden or Ford to compete in Hardie's Heroes since its inception in 1978.


1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, Hardies Heroes
During qualifying Kevin Bartlett' Camaro was recorded at 170 mph (274 km/h) on Conrod Straight, a then record for a Group C touring car at Bathurst. * 1974 winner Kevin Bartlett, and emerging star Dick Johnson, had set equal fastest times during qualifying, though Bartlett set his time before Johnson and was credited with provisional pole. The pair would repeat this in 1981.


1980 Hardy Cup
The 1980 Hardy Cup was the 1980 edition of the Canadian intermediate senior ice hockey championship.


1980 Harlow District Council election
The 1980 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 1980 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council.


1980 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1980 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.


1980 Harvard Crimson football team
In their tenth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 159 to 138. Charles F. Durst was the team captain.


1980 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were evenly matched by Ivy opponents, with 106 points scored and 106 points against.


1980 Harvard Crimson football team
Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Crimson played three games against non-Ivy opponents.


1980 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


1980 Havana Peruvian embassy crisis
On 4 April 1980, the Embassy of Peru in Havana granted diplomatic protection to over 10,000 Cuban citizens, located in the embassy's property of about only 2,000 square meters, eventually allowing over 120,000 Cubans to leave the country, since the incident led to the so-called Mariel boatlift. Peruvian diplomat Ernesto Pinto Bazurco Rittler spearheaded the diplomatic effort to protect Cubans, most of whom were disapproved of by the Fidel Castro government and seeking diplomatic protection at the Peruvian embassy.


1980 Havana Peruvian embassy crisis, Process
During the night of April 4 to April 5, Pinto Bazurco Rittler negotiated with Fidel Castro the status of the Cubans occupying the Peruvian embassy, whether they should be considered refugees or asylum seekers; they concluded to label them simply as "emigrating people". With this resolved, the Cuban government collaborated in the orderly departure of the emigrating Cubans over the following days. Another 34 persons, who had been under the diplomatic protection of the embassy during the preceding months, could also leave the country.


1980 Havana Peruvian embassy crisis, Process
The Cuban government also consented to guarantee the safety of the Peruvian embassy, given that some of the emigrating persons had forced their way onto the embassy grounds. Nonetheless, the police guard was withdrawn, which represented a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.


1980 Havana Peruvian embassy crisis, Impacts
This incident opened a new chapter in international law and peace-making in Latin America, and furthermore lead to the Mariel boatlift, the mass emigration of about 125.000 Cubans to the U.S. The Peruvian Ambassador Ernesto Pinto Bazurco Rittler received the Palmer Award in 2011 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his commitment to defend the human rights in Cuba.


1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team
The 1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa during the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season. It was the program's 58th season of existence, and their first season in the Western Athletic Conference. In the Warriors' first season in the WAC, they won divisional and conference honors, winning the South Division regular season, and the WAC Championship Series against BYU. The Rainbow Warriors received an automatic berth into the 1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. There, they won the Central Regional and advanced to the College World Series, where they lost in the final to Arizona.


1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team, Background
The 1979 season saw the Rainbow Warriors finish with an overall record of 69-15, including notable wins over Vanderbilt, North Carolina and Oregon State. Their record provided the Warriors with an at-large berth into the 1979 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Warriors lost in the midwest regional final to Arizona.


1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball team, Warriors in the 1980 MLB Draft
The following members of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball program were drafted in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft.


1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The 1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team was an American football team that represented the University of Hawaii in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Rainbow Warriors compiled an 8–3 record (3–3 against WAC opponents), placed third in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 260 to 212.


1980 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mike Stennis with 869 passing yards, Gary Allen with 864 rushing yards, Ron Pennick with 282 receiving yards, and Jim Asmus with 68 point scored (13 field goals and 29 extra points).


1980 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1980 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 56th season in the Victorian Football League and 79th overall.


1980 Hebron attack
On May 2, 1980, six Jews - three Israelis, two American Israelis, and one Canadian - were killed, and another 20 Jews were injured at 7:30 pm on a Friday night as they returned home from Sabbath prayer services at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Five of the six killed were yeshiva students aged 20–21. They were attacked with gunfire and grenades from the rooftops around a small alley.


1980 Hebron attack
It was the most deadly attack on the Israeli occupied West Bank since the Six-Day War.


1980 Hebron attack, Context
The attack, unprecedented in the post-1967 period, was understood to mark a transition from "hit-and-run" attacks to attacks aiming to achieve mass casualties by the use of military tactics and careful planning.


1980 Hebron attack, Attack
The attack was carefully planned in military style. The terrorists had studied the route and timing of the return of worshipers to the Jewish residence in the former Hadassah medical clinic (Beit Hadassah) on Friday evenings, and attacked from both street and rooftop level as soon as the Jews appeared in the narrow passageway. Terrorist Adnan Jabar was posted on the roof of a building opposite the Hadassah medical clinic holding a Kalashnikov with which he "opened fire" as soon as the Jewish pedestrians came into view. Israeli guards at the former clinic immediately returned fire. Perpetrators admitted to having received instructions directly from Khalil al-Wazir. Israel sent a protest note to the United Nations, arguing that "this criminal incident illustrates once again the true character of the PLO and its violent aims".


1980 Hebron attack, Legal proceedings, Investigation
An extensive cache of explosives  and weapons was discovered, it included the guns used in the attack.


1980 Hebron attack, Legal proceedings, Arrests
In September 1980, four members of Al Fatah were arrested and charged with carrying out the attack. One of the four had trained in the USSR. two were arrested while trying to cross from Israel into Jordan.


1980 Hebron attack, Legal proceedings, Arrests
An additional six Arab Palestinians were taken into custody, charged with aiding the terrorists by providing lodging and transportation.


1980 Hebron attack, Legal proceedings, Trial and sentencing
All four terrorists were sentenced to life in prison, but were later released in prisoner exchanges.


1980 Hebron attack, Victims
Glatt and Marmelstein were visiting friends at Kiryat Arba when the attack occurred.


1980 Hebron attack, Victims
Four of the wounded were American citizens: Mordechai Shevat, 21, of The Bronx; Robert Brosovsky, 21; Simha Wollman, 21, of Brooklyn, and Lisa Sherman, 20, of Queens.


1980 Hebron attack, Impact
The attack prompted the government of Menachem Begin to refurbish the Hadassah medical clinic and to permit  Jews to live in the Beit Hason and Beit Schneerson buildings adjacent to it.


1980 Hebron attack, Impact
The Israeli community of Beit Hagai (House of Haggai) was established in 1982 by former classmates of boys murdered in this attack. In addition to being the name of a Biblical Prophet, Haggai, is an acronym of the given names Hanan Krauthamer, Gershon Klein, and Yaakov Zimmerman, the three Nir Yeshiva (Kiryat Arba) students killed in an attack on 2 May 1980.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup
The 1980 Herbert Pell Cup was held in Newport, Rhode Island, United States in 1980. The winner, Australia, was awarded the Herbert Pell Cup and went on to challenge for the 1980 America's Cup.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup
In a defenders selection series that was held simultaneously, three boats competed for the right to defend the America's Cup.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup, Teams, Australia (AUS)
Australia, the winner of the 1977 Herbert Pell Cup, returned. This time representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club, Australia was owned by Alan Bond in his third challenge for the America's Cup. The boat was skippered by James Hardy and the crew included tactician Ben Lexcen, port trimmer John Bertrand, Scott McAllister, John Longley and Kenneth Judge.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup, Teams, Lionheart (GBR)
Representing the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Lionheart was Britains first challenge for 16 years.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup, Teams, France III (FRA)
Marcel Bich returned for his final challenge for the Cup. This time with a new boat, France III, the boat represented the Yacht Club of Hyéres and was helmed by Bruno Troublé.


1980 Herbert Pell Cup, Teams, Sverige (SWE)
Sverige returned, representing the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club and skippered by Pelle Petterson.


1980 Holiday Bowl
The 1980 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 19, 1980, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The game is famous due to a furious fourth quarter rally—including a last-second "miracle" touchdown—that gave BYU a 46–45 victory over SMU. Thus, the game is known as the “Miracle Bowl”, especially among BYU fans.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Background
The Holiday Bowl was a young bowl game at the time, in only its third year. The 1980 Holiday Bowl pitted Brigham Young University (BYU) against Southern Methodist University (SMU). BYU entered the game with an 11–1 record. After losing the first game of the season (a 25–21 upset against New Mexico), the Cougars won 11 straight games to claim the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championship. BYU had overwhelmed most opponents with a high-powered pass-oriented offense led by future NFL quarterback Jim McMahon. The Cougars led the NCAA in total offense (535.0 yards per game), scoring (46.7 points per game), and passing offense (409.8 passing yards per game) during the 1980 regular season.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Background
In contrast, SMU entered the game with an explosive run-heavy offense, nicknamed the "Pony Express." The Mustangs were led by two star running backs, Craig James and Eric Dickerson. Both James and Dickerson went on to careers in the NFL; Dickerson achieved superstar status with the Los Angeles Rams from 1983–1986, and with the Indianapolis Colts from 1987–1991. The Mustangs entered the game with an 8–3 record, impressive considering they played in the tough Southwest Conference (SWC).


1980 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
BYU had never won a bowl game in school history, having lost the 1974 Fiesta Bowl and 1976 Tangerine Bowl as well as the first two Holiday Bowls in 1978 and 1979. For the first 56 minutes of the 1980 Holiday Bowl, it seemed the Cougars were headed for another defeat. BYU's defense couldn't handle SMU's offense, as James ran for 225 yards and Dickerson added 110. With four minutes left in the game, the Mustangs scored to take a commanding 45–25 lead.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
Many BYU fans started leaving the stadium. McMahon screamed at them, declaring that the game wasn't over yet. He promptly threw a touchdown pass to Matt Braga, and BYU recovered an onside kick. The Cougars quickly marched down the field, ending the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run by Scott Phillips. SMU's lead had been trimmed to 45–39. The Cougar defense forced the Mustangs to punt on their next possession. BYU's Bill Schoepflin blocked the punt by SMU's Eric Kaifes with 13 seconds left. The Cougar offense took over at the 41-yard line, with a last chance to win the game.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
After throwing two incomplete passes, McMahon launched a Hail Mary into the end zone as time expired. Smothered by four SMU defenders, BYU tight end Clay Brown managed to leap above them and haul in the football, scoring one of the most miraculous touchdowns in college football history. With the score tied, BYU's Kurt Gunther kicked the winning extra point to give the Cougars a 46–45 victory.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Game summary
BYU scored 21 points in the last 2:33. McMahon completed 32 of 49 passes for 446 yards to share MVP honors with SMU's James. The final statistics were remarkably even: SMU racked up 25 first downs and 446 total yards; BYU finished with 23 first downs and 444 total yards.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Legacy
In 2003, ESPN's "Page 2" feature listed the 1980 Holiday Bowl as one of the top 10 greatest bowl games ever played.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Legacy
The game was placed in NCAA Football video games as a "College Classic", challenging players to recreate the ending. The challenge begins with the player as BYU, trailing 45–25.


1980 Holiday Bowl, Legacy
BYU and SMU were conference rivals in the WAC from 1996–98. SMU joined the WAC after the SWC disbanded.


1980 Holly Farms 400
The 1980 Holly Farms 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on September 21, 1980, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Its total prize purse was finalized as $105,515 ($331,418 when adjusted for inflation); with the winner taking home $17,725 ($55,673 when adjusted for inflation).


1980 Holly Farms 400
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.


1980 Holly Farms 400
The NASCAR Winston Cup Series was also plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection around the early-1980s.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Background
During the 1980s, North Wilkesboro Speedway was noticeably lagging behind other speedways on the NASCAR circuit, but the fans were more interested in the great racing action between the legendary drivers. Enoch's focus was more on the fans' enjoyment rather than on building large suites and new facilities. Attendance and total purse for races at the track were the lowest in NASCAR, but the events continued to sell out and attract more fans each year.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Just months prior to the race, a new kind of asphalt was placed but did not get a chance to completely solve the disintegration problem. The racetrack developed a slick surface; that made qualifying speeds 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h) slower and the cars more likely to spin and crash with each other. Conditions for the race would become very poor by the standards of the early 1980s; causing the pace car to crash into a parked car getting back into pit lane.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Richard Childress, the current owner of Richard Childress Racing, would compete as a driver. There were 30 American-born drivers on the racing grid; no foreigners or women competed in this race. Bobby Allison managed to defeat Darrell Waltrip by half a second after more than three hours of racing. Cale Yarborough would acquire the pole position through driving his qualifying session at an incredible top speed of almost 112 miles per hour (180 km/h).


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Bobby Allison scores his last win for Bud Moore and his last in a Mord Motor Company product. This was his fourth win of 1980. Future 2-time Whelen Southern Modified Tour champion Junior Miller scores his best Winston Cup finish in 13th. Slick Johnson scores a career-best 8th place finish, he'd later match it at Rockingham three races later.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Another Ford vehicle would not win another race until the 1990 Tyson Holly Farms 400.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
D.K. Ulrich received credit for the last-place finish due to an oil pressure problem on the second lap of this 400-lap race. Nine drivers failed to complete the race; including legends such as J.D. McDuffie, Lake Speed and Lennie Pond. Bub Strickler would retire from NASCAR after this race. Dale Earnhardt would maintain his championship points lead after this event.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Two months after the race, the track was treated again. The disintegration issue managed to solve itself throughout the harsh winter months and was completely prepared for the 1981 season.


1980 Holly Farms 400, Race report
Notable crew chiefs who participated in the race were Junie Donlavey, Buddy Parrott, Joey Arrington, Darrell Bryant, Dale Inman, Bud Moore, Tim Brewer, and Kirk Shelmerdine.


1980 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1980 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Neil Wheelwright returned for his fifth year as head coach. The team compiled a record of 3–8.


1980 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
All home games were played at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1980 Honda Hagibis season
The 1980 Honda Hagibis season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Honda Motorbike Makers in the Third Conference.


1980 Honda Hagibis season, Transactions
The Hagibis signed a total of five rookies, Oliveros Dalman, Monico Martinez and Roberto Poblete were all teammates at Imperial Textile Mills in the MICAA, along with Frederick Adams and Redentor Vicente.


1980 Honda Hagibis season, Summary
Honda were reinforced by Byron "Snake" Jones, who was on his third PBA team after playing for Toyota and U-Tex, and Charles "Buster" Matheney. The Hagibis won their first two games in the Open Conference, spoiling the debut of new team Tefilin, 95-94, in the first game of the season on March 16. Honda scored their second win against Tanduay, 115-97 on March 22. They lost 13 of their remaining 16 games in the elimination phase from thereon.


1980 Honda Hagibis season, Summary
Honda won their first three outings and raced to a 4-1 won-loss slate in the All-Filipino Conference. The Motorbike Makers lost their last four assignments in the elimination phase and were forced into a playoff against U-Tex for the sixth and last qualifying berth in the round of six. Honda lost to U-Tex in a knockout game on November 13. They dropped all their three matches in the round-robin among the four non-qualifiers in the quarterfinals.


1980 Honduran Constituent Assembly election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Honduras on 20 April 1980. In July the Assembly elected Policarpo Paz García as president.


1980 Honduran Constituent Assembly election, Aftermath
On 25 July the Constituent Assembly elected a new president. With the Liberal Party unable to gain a majority, a compromised was reached for Policarpo Paz García, who had been president since 1978, to remain in office until direct elections could be held. the  following year.


1980 Honduran Segunda División
The 1980 Honduran Segunda División was the 14th season of the Honduran Segunda División. Under the management of Roberto Scalessi, Independiente Villela won the tournament after finishing first in the final round (or Cuadrangular) and obtained promotion to the 1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional.


1980 Honduras earthquake
The 1980 Honduras earthquake struck just offshore Honduras on August 9 at 05:45 UTC. Two people were killed and many injured.


1980 Honduras earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake hit at 05:45 UTC, around 11:47 PM local time. It caused the most damage at Puerto Barrios in Izabal Department, Guatemala, and Puerto Cortes, Honduras, and it killed two people and measured between 6.4 and 6.7 surface wave magnitude. The quake was felt throughout Honduras, Belize, and parts of Guatemala. Damage was recorded at the port town of Livingston and extended to northwestern Puerto Rico; this damage is poorly recorded.


1980 Honduras earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake severed communications with rural hill and coastal villages in Honduras, and it frightened thousands of people into leaving their homes. Early reports listed only one fatality; a man from San Pedro Sula suffered a heart attack from the tremor's initial rupture. In Puerto Cortes, 75 homes, a hotel, a Texaco refinery, and a then-United Brands rail line all at least partially collapsed, the homes all fully. As a result, three people were injured by downed walls and ceilings. In Puerto Barrios, two homes collapsed. Belize City, 100 mi (160 km) to the north, experienced the shaking but reported no damage. The earthquake did not extend to Tegucigalpa, Honduras' capital, or Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City.


1980 Honduras earthquake, Geology
The earthquake's epicenter lay in the Gulf of Honduras, just offshore.


1980 Honduras earthquake, Geology
Honduras lies just off the triple-junction of the North American, Cocos, and Caribbean tectonic plates to the north. On the other sides it is surrounded by transform faults and trenches created by the movement of these plates. The most seismic activity occurs along the plate boundary between Caribbean and Cocos in a N–E trending Benioff zone, split into two sections, one with a shallow dip, the other with a far more steep decline. The plates are converging by subduction, Cocos under the Caribbean, at a rate of 6.5 cm (2.6 in) to 10 cm (3.9 in) annually. Within Honduras, there are at least three other major faults–La Ceiba, Guyape, and Aguan–apparently unrelated to plate movement.


1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships
The 1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tournament played on indoor carpet courts in the Frankston suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, which was part of the  1980 Grand Prix tennis circuit, and was held from 20 October until 26 October 1980. First-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis won the singles title.


1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships, Finals, Doubles
Fritz Buehning /  Ferdi Taygan defeated  John Sadri /  Tim Wilkison 6–1, 6–2


1980 Houston Astros season
The 1980 Houston Astros season was the 19th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.


1980 Houston Astros season
After a late collapse in 1979, the Astros finished in a tie for first place in the National League West with a record of 92–70 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, having lost three in a row in Los Angeles on the final series of the season. The teams played a one-game playoff to determine the division champion, which the Astros won, marking the first time in franchise history that the team qualified for the postseason. They went on to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS, losing three games to two.


1980 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On July 4, pitcher Nolan Ryan recorded the 3,000th strikeout of his career by striking out César Gerónimo of the Cincinnati Reds.


1980 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1980 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1980 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Houston Astros season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
Game 5 capped the series in fitting fashion, with seemingly endless surprises and excitement. The Astros jumped to an early lead in the first on a run-scoring double by José Cruz. Philadelphia bounced back to take the lead on a two-run single by Bob Boone in the second. The Astros saw Luis Pujols and Enos Cabell thrown out at the plate in the second and fifth, but finally broke through to tie the game 2–2 on an unearned run in the sixth, thanks to an error by Philadelphia's less than surehanded left fielder Greg Luzinski.


1980 Houston Astros season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
Houston took what seemed like a solid 5–2 lead in the seventh on an RBI single by Denny Walling, a wild pitch from Phillies reliever Larry Christenson, and a run-scoring triple by Art Howe. A three-run deficit in the eighth inning against Nolan Ryan seemed insurmountable. But the Phillies would not die. They loaded the bases with nobody out on three straight singles, including two infield hits, and then got two runs on a walk to Pete Rose and a groundout by Keith Moreland. An RBI single by Del Unser tied the game 5–5, and then Manny Trillo put the Phillies ahead with a two-run triple.


1980 Houston Astros season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
The Astros promptly came back to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth, with Rafael Landestoy and José Cruz each singling in a run. Neither team scored in the ninth, but the Phillies got doubles from Unser and Garry Maddox in the tenth to take an 8–7 lead. Philadelphia's Dick Ruthven retired the Astros in order in the bottom of the tenth, and the Phillies had won their first pennant since 1950. They went on to defeat the Kansas City Royals four games to two in the World Series.


1980 Houston Cougars football team
The 1980 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 19th-year head coach Bill Yeoman and played their home games at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The team competed as members of the Southwest Conference, finishing tied for second. Coming off of a Cotton Bowl-winning 1979 season, the Cougars started the year ranked in the top 10, but ended with a disappointing five regular season losses. Houston was invited to the 1980 Garden State Bowl, where they defeated Navy, 35–0.


1980 Houston Oilers season
The 1980 Houston Oilers season was the franchise's 21st overall and the 11th in the National Football League (NFL). The team scored 295 points while the defense gave up 251 points. Their record of 11 wins and 5 losses resulted in a second-place finish in the AFC Central Division. The Oilers appeared twice on Monday Night Football. In their first appearance on Monday Night Football, the Oilers beat the Cleveland Browns 16–7. In their second appearance, the Oilers defeated the New England Patriots 38–34. Earl Campbell led the NFL in rushing for the third consecutive year and had four 200-yard rushing games.


1980 Houston Oilers season
This was the third season in a row that the Oilers made the playoffs. The team lost in the Divisional Round to the eventual Super Bowl champions, the Oakland Raiders. The Oilers would not make it back to the playoffs again until 1987.


1980 Houston Oilers season, Postseason, AFC Wild Card
Even though the Oilers recorded more yards, more first downs, and more time of possession, the Raiders scored on big plays to win, 27–7. This would be Ken Stabler's final playoff game.


1980 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1980 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 1980 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1980 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1980 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Bud Van Deren in his 15th season. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–4 FWC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 147–261 for the season.


1980 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.


1980 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1980. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won 252 of the 352 seats, with the remaining 100 going to independents selected by the party.


1980 Hungarian parliamentary election
All prospective candidates had to accept the program of the Patriotic People's Front, which was dominated by the HSWP. While it was possible for more than one candidate to run in a constituency, only 15 of the 352 constituencies had more than one candidate.


1980 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held in May 1980. 1980 was the second year of local elections on the new boundaries. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council. Labour taking 8 seats from the Conservatives.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for men, junior men,  women, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 381 athletes from 28 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 97 athletes from 18 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 180 athletes from 25 countries in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Paris, France, at the Hippodrome de Longchamp on March 9, 1980. A report on the event was given in the Evening Times.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 104 athletes from 20 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


1980 IBF World Championships
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980.


1980 IBF World Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980. Following the results of the men's doubles.


1980 IBF World Championships – Men's singles
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980. Following the results of the men's singles.


1980 IBF World Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980. Following the results of the mixed doubles.


1980 IBF World Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980. Following the results of the women's doubles.


1980 IBF World Championships – Women's Singles
The 1980 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1980. Following the results of the  women's singles.


1980 IIHF European U18 Championship
The 1980 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirteenth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships.


1980 IIHF European U18 Championship, Group B, Placing round
Austria was promoted  to Group A, and the Netherlands was relegated to Group C, for 1981.


1980 IIHF European U18 Championship, Group C
Played in Frederikshavn, Denmark from March 29 to April 3, 1980.


1980 IMSA GT Championship
The 1980 IMSA GT Series season was the 10th season of the IMSA GT Championship auto racing series. It was a series for GTX class Group 5 cars and GTO and GTU class grand tourer cars. It began February 2, 1980, and ended November 30, 1980, after fourteen rounds.


1980 IMSA GT Championship, Schedule
Not all classes participated in shorter events. Races marked with All had all classes on track at the same time.


1980 Icelandic Cup
The 1980 Icelandic Cup was the 21st edition of the National Football Cup.


1980 Icelandic Cup
It took place between 28 May 1980 and 31 August 1980, with the final played at Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup).


1980 Icelandic Cup
The 10 clubs from the 1. Deild entered in the last 16, with clubs from lower tiers entering in the three preliminary rounds. Teams played one-legged matches. In case of a draw, the match was replayed at the opposition's ground.


1980 Icelandic Cup
Fram Reykjavik retained their title, winning their fourth Icelandic Cup by beating ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar in the final. The club therefore qualified for Europe.


1980 Icelandic presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1980. The result was a victory for Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 33.8% of the vote. She became the world's first democratically elected female President.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1980 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals were led by third-year head coach Jerry Davitch and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team
With freshman transfer quarterback Ken Hobart running the veer offense, the Vandals were 6–5 overall and 4–3 in the Big Sky to tie for second. Idaho lost to rival Boise State for the fourth straight year. BSU won the Big Sky title in 1980 and competed in the four-team Division I-AA playoffs; the Broncos won the finals over defending champion Eastern Kentucky.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team
It was the first winning season for the Vandals since 1976 and only the fourth winning record for the football program in over four decades.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players
Transfer quarterback Ken Hobart from Kamiah was a four-year starter. He quickly adjusted from an option quarterback in the veer under Davitch to a prolific passer under new head coach Dennis Erickson in 1982. He led the Vandals to a 9–4 record in 1982 and an 8–3 record in 1983 as a fifth-year senior, when he was a Division I-AA All-American. Hobart played a season in the USFL with Jacksonville in 1984 and several in the CFL.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, Notable players
Sophomore linebacker Sam Merriman from Tucson, Arizona, was selected in the seventh round (177th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. A four-year starter for the Vandals, he played five seasons with Seattle, primarily on special teams. He was a probable starter in 1988, but a serious knee injury in a preseason game (on a punt return in overtime) ended his playing career.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, Fallen teammate
Glen White was the Vandals' leading rusher during his junior season in 1979, the best season by a UI running back in the 1970s. He missed the opener, but gained 889 yards and averaged 5.0 yards per carry in the final ten games as the team finished at 4–7.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, Fallen teammate
While in off-season training in February, White felt weakness and was sent to Seattle for further testing. Diagnosed with aplastic anemia, he battled it for several months until his death from complications on August 9 at an Oklahoma City hospital, near his parents' home at Fort Sill. White, age 22, was posthumously designated an honorary team captain for all eleven  games, and the Vandals wore his number 32 on the left side of their helmets during the 1980 season.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Tackle Bruce Fery was the only Vandal on the first team; second team selections were running back Russell Davis, defensive end Larry Barker, linebacker Sam Merriman, cornerback Carlton McBride, and placekicker Pete O'Brien. Honorable mention picks included quarterback Ken Hobart, tight end Tom Coombs, defensive end Jay Hayes, safety Kelly Miller, and punter Chris Brockman.


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
No Vandals were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (332 selections).


1980 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Two Vandal juniors were later selected in the 1982 NFL Draft, also twelve rounds (334 selections).