1980-5-16

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Devo

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昭和55年

5/8 木

世界保健機関が、天然痘の根絶宣言。

5/8 木

『伝説巨神イデオン』放映開始

5/10 土

大平首相が、西ドイツに入り、防衛問題について話し合う。

5/11 日

アメリカ、ヨーロッパを訪問した大平首相が帰国する。苛酷な旅からの帰国であったため、心臓の負担が大きすぎたことが命を縮めることとなる。

5/15 木

福岡県北九州市の日本板硝子若松工場で不要になった煙突の解体時にクッション代わりの砂利が衝撃で飛び散り報道関係者他12名が負傷。

5/16 金

衆議院本会議で、社会党提出の大平内閣不信任案が成立する。自民党の内部抗争による福田派などの国会欠席が原因。

5/16 金

慶應義塾大学の中西正和が、日本初のパソコン用人工知能言語システムＡｐｐｌｅ−Ｌｉｓｐを発表する。

5/18 日

光州事件。

5/18 日

アメリカのセント・ヘレンズ山が大噴火を起こし山体が崩壊。

5/19 月

日本が環太平洋圏構想を提唱する。

1980

5/14 Wed

Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II

5/14 Wed

Bucky Dent hits an inside park HRp~ Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loadedp~ Yanks win 16-3

5/15 Thu

1st trans-US balloon crossing

5/15 Thu

Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs

5/15 Thu

Shawn Weatherlyp~ (SC (will win Miss Universe)p~ crowned 29th Miss USA

5/16 Fri

34th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ersp~ 4 games to 2

5/16 Fri

Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis

5/16 Fri

"Paul McCartney releases ""McCartney II"" album"

5/16 Fri

Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes

5/17 Sat

106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2

1980

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

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."

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