1980-8-29

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UB40

discography

昭和55年

8/16 土

静岡駅前の地下街でガス爆発。死傷者200人以上。（静岡駅前地下街爆発事故）

8/17 日

館山市でサギの駆除が開始される。約1000羽が射殺される。

8/19 火

新宿駅西口で、男がバスにガソリンを投込んで放火する。6人が死亡し14人が重軽傷を負う。

8/21 木

アメリカが、日本製小型トラックの関税を引き上げる。

8/27 水

奥野誠亮法相が、衆議院法務委員会で自主憲法制定の論議は望ましいと発言する。

8/30 土

気象庁が、8月上旬が史上最低気温で「冷夏」であったことを発表する。

9/1 月

武田長兵衛没。75歳（誕生:明治38(1905)/04/29）。武田薬品。

9/2 火

『怪物くん』放映開始

9/3 水

行方不明だった元共産党幹部の伊藤律が29年ぶりに中国から帰国する。

9/3 水

伊藤律が中国から帰国。

1980

8/25 Mon

"Gower Champion's musical ""42nd Streetp~"" premieres in NYC"

8/25 Mon

Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs

8/26 Tue

Pete Comita replaces Tom Peterson as bassist of Cheap Trick

8/26 Tue

John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Statelinep~ Nevada.

8/27 Wed

Chon Doo Hwan elected pres of South Korea

8/30 Sat

Polish government recognizes Solidarity

8/31 Sun

Oklahoma! closes at Palace Theater NYC after 301 performances

8/31 Sun

80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton

8/31 Sun

Poland's Solidarity labor union forms

8/31 Sun

The Gda_sk Agreement is signed.

1980

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.

8/31 Sun

"Karen Carpenter marries Thomas Burris. ""Because We Are in Love"" is played at their wedding."

9/13 Sat

"Solid Gold, a new music television series, premieres in syndication."

9/13 Sat

"Elton John plays a free concert for 400,000 people in New York's Central Park. He performs the encore in a Donald Duck costume."

9/25 Thu

"John Bonham, drummer of Led Zeppelin, is found dead by bandmate John Paul Jones."

10/9 Thu

A riot breaks out at a Black Sabbath concert in Milwaukee after bassist Geezer Butler is hit in the head by a bottle and the band quits the stage.

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