Events Date 1980 November | History by KabAstro

Sports History

Nov 4 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Award

Election of Interest

Nov 4 Republican candidate Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Democrat US President Jimmy Carter by a landslide

Nov 4 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro-baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
Nov 8 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn

Iraqi Declares War

Nov 9 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran

Iraqi President and Dictator Saddam Hussein

Rather's Wild Ride

Nov 10 Anchorman Dan Rather alleges cabbie tried to kidnap him, refuses to pay his fare in dispute with cab driver

Nov 10 Iraq captures southern port of Khorramshahr
Nov 10 Poland acknowledges Solidarity union
Nov 11 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37

Bossy Scores Four

Nov 11 NY Islanders' future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Mike Bossy scores 4 goals in 6-6 tie against visiting Minnesota North Stars

Nov 12 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award

Koch's Confession

Nov 12 NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana

Congressman and Mayor of New York City Ed Koch

Nov 12 US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
Nov 13 Gabriella Brum, 18, of West Germany crowned 30th Miss World; she resigns the next day because she wants to marry her 52-year-old boyfriend
Nov 13 US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by
Nov 14 Guinea-Bissau Vice President João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, overthrows President Luis Cabral in a military coup
Nov 14 Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
Nov 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Nov 15 30th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins

Nov 15 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (a rollercoaster) opens at Disney World in Florida

Papal visit West Germany

Nov 15 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany

Nov 16 Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards

Double Fantasy

Nov 17 Geffen Records releases John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album "Double Fantasy"

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

Nov 17 RCA-Victor Records releases "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs", the 23rd studio album by country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton

Nov 17 WHHM Television in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American public-broadcasting television station

Heaven's Gate

Nov 18 "Heaven's Gate" film directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken premieres - one of the biggest box office bombs ever

Country Singer-Songwriter Kris Kristofferson

Brett AL MVP

Nov 18 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP

Brooke Shields Ad Banned

Nov 19 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein jean ad featuring Brooke Shields

Nov 20 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
Nov 20 United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing

Gulf War

Nov 20 United Nations Gulf War mediator Olof Palme makes first unsuccessful peace shuttle between Tehran and Baghdad

Nov 21 "Hi Infidelity" 9th studio album by REO Speedwagon is released
Nov 21 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
Nov 21 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
Nov 21 John Lennon and Yoko Ono pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
Nov 21 TV show "Dallas" episode "Who Done It" reveals 'Who Shot J.R.?', gets a then record 53.3 rating (over 83 million viewers, 76% of television watchers) in the US
Nov 22 Georgia tanker at Pilottown Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a ship to leak
Nov 23 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
Nov 23 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Edmonton Eskimos 3rd straight title; outclass Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10
Nov 23 National Black Independent Party forms
Nov 25 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
Nov 25 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll

Khan's First Century

Nov 25 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore

Cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan

Leonard vs. Durán

Nov 25 Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight boxing crown when Roberto Durán quits in the 8th round of infamous “no mas” fight at the Superdome, New Orleans

Nov 25 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, President Lamizana flees
Nov 26 Columbia mated to SRBs & external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building