1980-5

Three Mantras

Cabaret Voltaire

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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。

5/7 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。

5/8 木

東山千栄子、没。89歳（誕生:明治23(1890)/09/30）。女優。

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。

5/15 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。

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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