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year	1980
month	1
day	6
event	The beginning of the first GPS epoch.
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1/1 - 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63)

1/1 - Victoria is crowned princess of Sweden.

1/1 - Sweden changes order of succession to throne

1/1 - Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal

1/1 - Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran

1/1 - International Decade of Water & Sanitation begins

1/1 - Chrysler UK renamed Talbot

1/1 - Alabama beats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl for college football championship

1/2 - 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)

1/3 - Gold hits record $634 an ounce

1/6 - 1940's Radio Hour closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs

1/6 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India

1/6 - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat

1/6 - The beginning of the first GPS epoch.

1/7 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends

1/8 - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0

1/8 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports

1/9 - 63 beheaded in Meccap~ Saudi Arabia

1/10 - "Last broadcast of ""Rockford Files"" on NBC"

1/10 - Jim Stewartp~ Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period: he never again plays in NHL

1/11 - Debut of Pretenders

1/12 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games

1/13 - Togo's constitution becomes effective

1/13 - Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium

1/13 - King of Schnorrers closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 63 perfs

1/14 - Shakuntala Devip~ mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec

1/15 - "Pam Gems' ""Piaf!p~"" premieres in London"

1/17 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-3

1/18 - Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3_ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20p~000

1/18 - "Pink Floyd's ""Wall"" hits #1"

1/18 - Gold reaches $1p~000 an ounce

1/20 - President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

1/20 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne

1/20 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner

1/20 - Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Ramsp~ 31-19 in Pasadenap~ MVP: Terry Bradshawp~ Pittsburghp~ QB

1/21 - "Les Hensonp~ Virginia Techp~ makes 89' 3"" basketball field goal"

1/21 - Gold hits record $850 an ounce

1/22 - Russian dissidents Andrei Sakharov & Jelena Bonner banished to Gorki

1/22 - PGA begins a senior golf tour

1/22 - West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup

1/22 - Andrei Sakharov is arrested in Moscow.

1/25 - Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported

1/25 - Highest speed attained by a warshipp~ 167 kphp~ USN hovercraft

1/25 - Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics

1/25 - Bani Sadr elected president of Iran

1/26 - Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game

1/26 - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations

1/26 - Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4_ minutes

1/27 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27

1/27 - Comin' Uptown closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 45 perfs

1/28 - 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins

1/28 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.

1/29 - 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians

1/29 - Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT

1/30 - "Edward Albee's ""Lady from Dubuquep~"" premieres in NYC"

1/31 - Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala Cityp~ killing 41

1980-1-6

The beginning of the first GPS epoch.