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The 1980 United States Census begins. There are 226,545,805 United States residents on this day. New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days. April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4 ...
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (WW Norton, 2019), scholarly history. excerpt; Olson, James S. ed. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999) excerpt; Richards, Marlee. America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right ...
The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1980 through 1989. [ 1 ] The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
March 25 – James Wright, American poet (born 1927) March 26 – Roland Barthes, French literary theorist (born 1915) [19] March 27 – Idris Jamma', Sudanese poet (died 1980) [20] April 6 – John Collier, English-born American short story writer (born 1901) April 15 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, novelist and dramatist (born 1905 ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
View history; General What links here; ... Pages in category "1980s books" ... Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1980s; W.
Date Book Author January 6: Aunt Erma's Cope Book: Erma Bombeck: January 13 January 20 January 27: The Brethren: Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong: February 3 February 10 February 17