1980

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 26. Israel and Egypt open diplomatic relations.

• Real World: March 21. The United States boycotts the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

• Cthulhu Mythos: March 25. Project Cthylla is initiated, leading to a counterattack on the Miskatonic Valley over the next three days that destroys Miskatonic University. Wingate Peaslee dies, and is replaced as head of the Wilmarth Foundation by Arthur Meyer. Miskatonic University is also rebuilt. (The Transition of Titus Crow by Brian Lumley)

• It's Walky: April 1. Daniel and Steven Walkerton, and Sal Walters, are born. (It's Walky! - The Cast, It's Walky! (April 3, 2002))

• Real World: April 7. In response to the hostages being held in Iran, the United States breaks off diplomatic relations with the country.

• Real World: April 24-April 25. An attempt to free the hostages at the American embassy in Iran fails spectacularly.

• Real World: May 18. Mt. St. Helens in Washington state erupts, killing 57 and causing around $3 billion in damage.

• Real World: June 1. CNN is launched.

• Real World: July 17. Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq.

• It's Walky: September 4. One possible date of Dina Sarazu's birth. (It's Walky! (October 27, 2003))

• Real World: September 22. Saddam Hussein launches an attack on Iran, initiating the Iran-Iraq War.

• Gargoyles, Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles: September 28. Demona takes the Praying Gargoyle from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and kills Charles Canmore in battle. His children vow to continue the Hunt. ("Hunter's Moon" Part III)

• It's Walky: November 4. One possible date of Dina Sarazu's birth. (It's Walky! (October 27, 2003))

• Real World: November 4. Ronald Reagan wins the U.S. presidential election.

• It's Walky: December 4. One possible date of Dina Sarazu's birth. (It's Walky! (October 27, 2003))

• Doctor Who (Expanded Universe): December 25. Professor Edward Travers dies. (Downtime)

Undated Events

• Creepshow: Jordy Verrill's father dies. (The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill)

• Doctor Who, Doctor Who (Expanded Universe): In an alternate timeline where the Fourth Doctor did not stop Sutekh in 1911, the Earth in this year been reduced to a desolate wasteland. Fortunately, this timeline was averted. ("The Pyramids of Mars")

• It's Walky: Births of Jennifer Billingsworth, Daisy Conrad, Robin DeSanto and Howard Lesse (It's Walky! - The Cast)

Births

• Max Brailovski (Space Odyssey)

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein, Firestarter by Stephen King, The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.

Notable Films

• Alien Dead, Alligator, Altered States, The Awakening, Battle Beyond the Stars, Beyond Evil, The Boogeyman, The Castle of Cagliostro (Japan), The Craving, The Day Time Ended, Death Watch, Deathship, Dracula's Last Rites, The Empire Strikes Back, The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu, The Final Countdown, Flash Gordon, The Fog
• Forbidden Zone, Friday the 13th, Hangar 18, Hawk the Slayer, In the Realm of Passion, Inferno, Invasion UFO, Island Claws, Midnight, More Wild Wild West (TV movie), Patrick Still Lives, The Power, The Prey, Prom Night, Resurrection, The Return, Revenge of the Stepford Wives (TV movie), Saturn 3, Scared to Death
• The Shining, Somewhere in Time, Superman II, Tanya's Island, Toward the Terra (Japan), Tuck Everlasting, Virus, The Watcher in the Woods, Witches' Brew, Without Warning

Notable Comic Books

The New Teen Titans #1; Uncanny X-Men #137 (Death of Phoenix).

Notable Television Series

• Beginning: Batman and the Super Seven, Beyond Westworld, Galactica 1980, The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour, Thundarr the Barbarian.

• Continuing: Blake's 7 (Season 3), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Season 2), Doctor Who (Season 18), The Incredible Hulk (Season 3).

• Ending: The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, Spider-Woman, Star Blazers (U.S.), The World's Greatest Super Friends.

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