Timeline 1980
- US defeats Soviet Union in ice hockey in what was labeled the "Miracle on Ice"
- Mount St. Helens Eruption on May 18th in Washington killing 57.
- The Iran-Iraq war begins in September of 1980
- CNN (Cable News Network) began broadcasting on June 1st.
- 3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.
- Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death
- Severe Summer Heat Wave in Southern US Causes 1,117 deaths in 20 States
- US Passes "Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act" to tax high profits by oil companies
- Fire Destroys the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas
- The Killer Clown ( John Wayne Gacy Jr ) sentenced to death for the murder of 33 boys and young men.
