1980-6-28

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The Soft Boys

昭和55年

6/12 木

大平正芳首相が心筋梗塞で急死する。70歳（誕生:明治43(1910)/03/12）。

6/12 木

大平正芳首相急死。内閣総辞職。

6/16 月

日産自動車が「ラングレー」を発売（「パルサー」の姉妹車。「サファリ」も同時発売）。

6/22 日

第36回衆議院議員選挙と第12回参議院議員選挙の、初の衆参同日選挙が行われる。

6/24 火

早川徳次没。86歳（誕生:明治26(1893)/11/03）。シャープ創業。

6/30 月

『宇宙戦士バルディオス』放映開始

7/1 火

神田神保町にアダルト本専門の芳賀書店が新装開店する。

7/1 火

ソニーが8ミリビデオの試作機を発表する。

7/3 木

若い家出女性を含む26人が集団失踪した「イエスの方舟」の教祖千石イエス（剛賢）と信者ら全員が熱海で発見される。

7/4 金

中野区議会が、教育委員準公選条例改正案を可決する。

1980

6/25 Wed

Fearless Frank closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances

6/27 Fri

1st female state police graduates (NJ)

6/27 Fri

Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits SF Giants 8-0

6/27 Fri

Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Seap~ kills 81

6/27 Fri

US revives draft registration

6/28 Sat

NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents

6/29 Sun

Sweeney Todd closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances

6/29 Sun

Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

6/30 Mon

West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow

7/1 Tue

O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

1980

5/4 Sun

"America's Top 10, the television version of radio's American Top 40 and hosted by Casey Kasem, debuts this week in syndication."

5/18 Sun

"Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Macclesfield home, just one day before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U.S. tour."

6/

"Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's ""Rock Around the Clock"" reaching No. 1 on

6/

The Sony Walkman goes on sale in the United States.

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.

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