1980-4

Snakes and Ladders

Gerry Rafferty

discography

昭和55年

4/1 火

五味康祐没。58歳（誕生:大正10(1921)/12/20）。作家。

4/1 火

広島市が10番目の政令指定都市になり、中区・南区・西区などの区が設置された。

4/3 木

京都の冷泉家の古文書が公開される。

4/3 木

冷泉家が藤原定家の「明月記」など秘蔵の古文書を初公開する。

4/5 土

アメリカ映画「クレイマー・クレイマー」が封切りとなる。

4/14 月

『がんばれゴンベ』放映開始

4/15 火

土岐善麿、没。94歳（誕生:明治18(1885)/06/05）。歌人。

4/15 火

『ずっこけナイトドンデラマンチャ』放映開始

4/17 木

清水六兵衛、没。78歳（誕生:明治34(1901)/09/13）。陶芸家。

4/17 木

中国がIMFに加盟。

1980

4/1 Tue

Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games

4/1 Tue

Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz

4/1 Tue

France performs nuclear test

4/1 Tue

New York City's Transit Worker Union 100 begins a strike lasting 11 days.

4/2 Wed

Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season

4/3 Thu

France performs nuclear test

4/3 Thu

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

4/4 Fri

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

4/6 Sun

9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

4/6 Sun

Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season

1980

4/1 Tue

Brian Johnson is made the new lead singer of AC/DC.

4/13 Sun

"The Broadway musical Grease closes its run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest running show on Broadway up until that time."

4/14 Mon

"A member of the New Jersey State assembly introduces a resolution to make Bruce Springsteen's ""Born to Run"" the official state song."

4/17 Thu

"As the ""official guests of State"", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival. Marley calls the event the ""greatest honor of my life."""

4/19 Sat

"Johnny Logan wins the 25th Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland, with the song ""What's Another Year""."

4/25 Fri

"Black Sabbath release Heaven and Hell, their first album to feature new vocalist Ronnie James Dio."

4/30 Wed

"The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London."

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

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