January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of death October 8, 1980
The temperature on October 8, 1980 was between 7.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.
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