Troy High
School
Class of
1980
Remember These?
The year was 1980, and we had the world at our feet!
See how many of these things you remember -
and how many you have forgotten!
The Following Songs Topped The Billboard Charts:
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Call Me - Blondie
Funky Town - Lipps, Inc.
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
Working My Way Back To You - The Spinners
It's Still Rock-N-Roll To Me - Billy Joel
Fame - Irene Cara
Coming Up - Paul McCartney
All Out Of Love - Air Supply
On The Radio - Donna Summer
The Rose - Bette Midler
Whip It - Devo
Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones
Too Hot - Kool and the Gang
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
Fire Lake - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Longer - Dan Fogelberg
You May Be Right - Billy Joel
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen
Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp
Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
The Following News Stories Filled The Papers:
Six US embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Janaury 29)
The FBI's undercover operation "ABSCAM" (for Arab scam) implicates public officials (February 2)
US breaks diplomatic ties with Iran (April 7)
Eight US servicemen are killed and five are injured as helicopter and cargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue the American hostages in Tehran (April 25)
Jacek Wszoka, of Poland, sets a new high jump world record at 7'-8"
US Supreme Court upholds limits on Federal aid for abortions (June 30)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ousted Nicaraguan ruler, and two aides are assassinated in Paraguayan capital of Asuncion (September 17)
Iraqi troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year Iran-Iraq war begins (September 19)
Former
California Governor, Ronald Reagan, elected President of the United States.
Former Texas Senator, George S. Bush, is Reagan's Vice President (November
4)
Three US nuns and a lay worker are found shot in El Salvador (December 4)
Former Beatles member, John Lennon, is murdered outside his apartment building in New York City. Later, Mark Chapman is arrested for the murder. (December 8)
The Year In Science:
Janice Brown, a 98-pound former teacher, makes the first long distance solar -powered flight in the Solar Challenger
Voyager I reaches Saturn, returning data on its 14 moons as well as its more than 1,000 rings
In Diamond Vs. Shakrabarty, the US Supreme Court rules that genetically engineered organisms may be patented.
Philadelphia's Wistar Institute develops a new, less painful rabies vaccine.
Our Nation:
President - James Earl Carter, Jr.
Vice-President - Walter F. Mondale
Population - 227,224,681
Economics & Prices:
House - $ 76,400
Car - $ 6,574
Milk - $ 1.60
Gas - $ 1.22
Bread - $ 0.51
Stamp - $ 0.15
Average Income - $ 23,974
Entertainment News
John Lennon of the Beatles is shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York City
Ted Turner launches CNN, the first all news network
Mark Morris establishes the Mark Morris Dance Group in New York and is widely received as the most promising modern dance choreographer of his generation.
Awards:
Miss America - Cheryl Prewitt (Mississippi)
Grammy Awards - Record/Song of the Year - Sailing, Christopher Cross
Grammy Awards - Album of the Year - Christopher Cross, by Christopher Cross
Academy Awards - Best Picture - Ordinary People, directed by Ronald L. Schwary
Academy Awards - Best Actor - Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
Academy Awards - Best Actress - Sissy Spacek in Coal Minter's Daughter
Television:
Magnum PI
Dallas
Charlie's Angels
CHIPs
Three's Company
Soap
Laverne & Shirley
Alice
Taxi
WKRP In Cincinnati
Movies Released:
Raging Bull
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ordinary People
The Elephant Man
Private Benjamin
Tess
Nine to Five
The Empire Strikes Back
Top Books:
Rites of Passage - William Golding
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Top Sports Stories:
Johnny Rutherford wins the Indianapolis 500 driving the Pennzoil Special
The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl, 31-19
Denny Crum's Louisville Redbirds defeat the UCLA Bruins to win the NCAA basketball championship, 59-54
The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games to take the NBA Championship
The Kentucky Derby is won by Genuine Risk
The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Kansas City Royals in 6 games to win the World Series
The Georgia Bulldogs (12-0-0) win the NCAA football championship
Bjorn Borg and Evonne Cawley capture singles titles at Wimbledon
The New York Islanders defeat the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup in 6 games
Hot New Toys:
Magna Doodle
Big Boggle
See Wees
Strawberry Shortcake Dolls
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Figures
Big Trak
Intellivision
Deaths:
John Lennon
William Douglas
Alfred Hitchcock
Erich Fromm
Jesse Owens
Mae West