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Passages of Time - The Year 1980
World News


The United States, Japan & West Germany boycott the Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the military intervention in Afghanistan

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Winter Olympics Open in Lake Placid, New York


 

President - Jimmy Carter

Vice President - Walter Mondale


 



World Health Organization announces Worldwide Eradication of Small Pox.

 

Gold Prices soar to $835.00 per ounce on the London Market.

 

IRAN & IRAQ AT WAR

GOLD FEVER LURES THOUSANDS TO THE AMAZON JUNGLE IN BRAZIL.


 


U.S. Spacecraft Voyager 1 Flies By Saturn

 

AT THE MOVIES:

Academy Award Winners -

Best Picture - Ordinary People

Best Actor - Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull

Best Actress - Sissy Spacek - Coal Miners Daughter.

MUSIC FROM 1980:

In Memory of A Summer Day

This is it

Sailing

The Rose

Starting Over

1980 PRICES:

Average Income - $19,173.00

New Car - $7,201.00

New House - $68,714.00

Loaf of Bread - $.51

Gallon of Gas - $1.19

Gallon of Milk - $2.02

Minimum Wage - $3.10

Dow Jones  -  759.13 to 1000.17

Dow Jones Average - 891

 

SPORTS NEWS:

NCAA Basketball - Louisville

Stanley Cup - New York Islanders

Super Bowl Champions - Pittsburgh Steelers

NBA Basketball - Los Angeles Lakers

Baseball World Series - Philadelphia

Heisman Trophy Winner - George Rodgers -SC

Indy 500 - Johnny Rutherford - 142.862 MPH