1980-5

I Just Can't Stop It

The Beat

discography

昭和55年

5/1 木

大内兵衛、没。91歳（誕生:明治21(1888)/08/29）。東大名誉教授。

5/2 金

澤田美喜、没。78歳（誕生:明治34(1901)/09/19）。エリザベス・サンダース・ホームを創建した。

5/3 土

大平首相がメキシコを訪問し、石油輸入について話し合う。

5/4 日

東京六大学野球で、東大が初めて早大を連破する。

5/7 水

富士通が日本語電子タイプライターを発売し、ワープロ普及の口火となる。

5/7 水

野呂邦暢、没。42歳（誕生:昭和12(1937)/09/20）。「草のつるぎ」で芥川賞を受賞した作家。

5/8 木

東山千栄子、没。89歳（誕生:明治23(1890)/09/30）。女優。

5/8 木

『伝説巨神イデオン』放映開始

5/16 金

自民党刷新連盟代表が、大平正芳首相に党改革・綱紀粛正で申し入れを行うが、会談は不調に終る。

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。

1980

5/1 Thu

Day in Hollywoodp~ A Night... opens at John Golden NYC for 588 perf

5/1 Thu

15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins

5/1 Thu

Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff

5/1 Thu

Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)

5/2 Fri

Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder

5/2 Fri

"Pink Floyd's ""Another Brick in Wall (Part II)"" is banned in South Africa"

5/2 Fri

Pope John Paul II begins African tour

5/2 Fri

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

5/3 Sat

106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02

5/3 Sat

Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR

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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