1980-8-9

Give Me the Night

George Benson

discography

昭和55年

7/23 水

サンクス設立（当初は長崎屋の子会社）。

7/25 金

ルービックキューブが日本で発売[1]。

7/28 月

大熊正二　キム・ソンジュン(韓)に15R判定勝ち王座防衛①

7/30 水

バヌアツがイギリスとフランスの共同統治領から独立。

8/3 日

東京が78年ぶりの異常低温となる。最高でも20.9度。

8/8 金

動燃事業団が、使用済み燃料を使うプルトニウム混合転換施設に着工する。

8/12 火

立原正秋、没。54歳（誕生:大正15(1926)/01/06）。「白い罌粟」で直木賞を受賞した作家。

8/14 木

富士山の吉田口砂走登山道で大規模な落石が起こり、12人が死亡する。

8/14 木

富士山吉田口で落石、12人が死亡。落石は9合目付近で発生し、6合目下まで落下。

8/14 木

ポーランド民主化運動: ポーランド・グダニスクのレーニン造船所で、レフ・ヴァウェンサ率いる労働者がストライキに突入。「連帯」の設立へ連なる。

1980

8/5 Tue

Expos Dick Williams wins his 1p~000th career game as a manager

8/5 Tue

NY Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game

8/6 Wed

University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles & post-season play due to transcript & curriculum abuses

8/7 Thu

Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch areap~ about 70 killed

8/8 Fri

LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open

8/9 Sat

Belgian constitution revised

8/10 Sun

62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill NY

8/10 Sun

8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley

8/10 Sun

Allenp~ most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsvillep~ Tx

8/11 Mon

Angola revises its constitution

1980

6/25 Wed

Kiss plays its first show with new drummer Eric Carr at the New York Palladium.

6/27 Fri

"John Lydon and Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd make an appearance on The Tomorrow Show with host Tom Snyder. In a famously uncomfortable interview, Lydon gives curt and vague responses to most of Snyder's questions."

7/18 Fri

The documentary and concert film No Nukes opens in New York.

7/25 Fri

AC/DC release Back in Black which later becomes the highest selling album by any band to date.

7/31 Thu

"The Eagles end their tour with a contentious show in Long Beach, California. They would not play together again until 1994."

8/4 Mon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin the recording of the Double Fantasy album.

8/16 Sat

"The first Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival is held at Donington Park in England. Rainbow headlines, and Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot and Touch also perform."

8/19 Tue

Fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto stage a riot after Alice Cooper cancels because of illness.

8/23 Sat

"The Heatwave festival near Toronto features The B-52's, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and many others."

8/26 Tue

Pete Comita replaces Tom Petersson in Cheap Trick.

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