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1980 in History

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15¢

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15¢

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10¢

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5/29/1978

Israel 8/14/1980
   Workers Strike in Poland

Workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland went on strike.  About 17,000 workers skip work beginning the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) movement started by Lech Walesa.

American President

Jimmy Carter (1/20/1977-1/20/1981)

Argentine President

Jorge Rafael Videla (3/29/1976-3/29/1981)

Australian Prime Minister

Malcolm Fraser (11/11/1975-3/11/1983)

Austrian President

Rudolf Kirchschläger (7/8/1974-7/8/1986)

Bahamian Premier

Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992)

Bahamian Prime Minister

Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992)

Belgian Prime Minister

Wilfried Martens (4/3/1979-3/31/1981)

Brazilian President

João Figueiredo (3/15/1979-3/14/1985)

British Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher (5/4/1979-11/28/1990)

Canadian Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau (3/3/1980-6/29/1984)

East German Chairman of the State Council

Erich Honecker (10/29/1976-10/18/1989)

German President

Karl Carstens (7/1/1979-6/30/1984)

Japanese Prime Minister

Zenko Suzuki (7/17/1980-11/27/1982)