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1980-02-15 Friday

The movie Saturn 3 was released.

I would later watch this at Todd D.'s aunt's house. She had cable!


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1980-03-03 Monday

The series That's Incredible! premiered on ABC.


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1980-04-11 Friday

The Viking 2 lander was shutdown.


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1980-04-24 Thursday

Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue the US hostages in Iran took place.


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1980-05-18 Sunday

Mt. Saint Helens erupted.


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The summer of 1980 would be the end of my 7th grade school year. I have a certificate for achieving the Junior High Award for academic excellence in all scholastic study fields for the year 1979-80. Nifty!


1980-06-01 Sunday

The 24 hour news channel Cable News Network (CNN) began broadcasting.


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1980-07-21 Monday

My 13th birthday.


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1980-07-27 Sunday

An earthquake with the epicenter in Northeast Kentucky, near Sharpsburg, Bath County occurred. I was living in the house on Lincoln Avenue at the time and remember this clearly. It shook the house from one end to the other in less than a second and was over, but it was quite amazing.


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1980-08-01 Friday

The show Speak Up, America, a spin off of Real People premiered.

I watched Real People many times, but don't remember watching this show.


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1980-08-17 Sunday

The Viking 1 orbiter was shutdown.


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1980-10-17 Friday

The movie Times Square premiered.


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1980-11-19 Wednesday

The movie Heaven's Gate premiered and was withdrawn very soon thereafter.


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1980-12-08 Monday

Former Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed.


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