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1980
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January 1980
January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
January 9 – In Saudi Arabia, 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November 1979.
January 14 – Congress (I) party leader, Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.
January 20 – At least 200 people are killed when the Corralejas Bullring collapses at Sincelejo, Colombia.
January 21 – The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever of 2,249.50 in 2020 when adjusted for inflation).
January 22 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in Moscow.
January 26 – Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
January 27 – Canadian Caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran, as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland, on Swissair.
January 31 – Burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala: The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala is invaded and set on fire, killing 36 people. In the United States, it is dubbed "Spain's own Tehran".
February 1980
February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.
February 2 – 3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
February 4 – Abolhassan Banisadr is sworn in as the first President of Iran after winning the January 25 presidential election.
February 13 – The 1980 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
February 15 – In Vanuatu, followers of John Frum's cargo cult on the island of Tanna declare secession as the nation of Tafea.
February 16 – A total solar eclipse is seen in North Africa and West Asia. It was the 50th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 130.
February 23 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
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