3rd » In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in 1979 The Who concert disaster a crush for seats on the concourse outside U.S. Bank Arena Riverfront Coliseum before a The Who Who concert.
3rd » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
4th » The Hastie fire in Kingston upon Hull e.g Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
9th » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
10th » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
12th » President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq confers 'Nishan-e-Imtiaz' on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
12th » The unrecognised state of Zimbabwe Rhodesia returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.
13th » The Politics of Canada Canadian Government of Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons of Canada House of Commons, prompting the Canadian federal election, 1980 1980 Canadian election.
19th » Geoffrey Boycott became the first cricketer to be stranded at 99 not out against Australia at Perth.
21st » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London London, England, United Kingdom by Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Lord Peter Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe,
23rd » Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghanistan named Afghan capital.
24th » The first European Ariane (rocket family) known as Ariane rocket is launched.
27th » The Soviet Union Soviet war in Afghanistan or invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.