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January 27, 1980: Canadian Embassy sneaks six U.S. diplomats out of Iran January 6, 1980: Indira Gandhi returned to power in India January 22, 1980: Soviet H-bomb inventor Andrei Sakharov arrested and moved to closed city January 18, 1980: Price of silver hits record high of $52.80 per ounce. The following events happened in January 1980:
January 27: The Canadian Caper rescues six hostages from Iran. January 1 – The comic strip The Far Side debuts in newspapers. January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
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The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1980, and ended on 31 December 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
1980 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.
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