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| 1980 |
| | | A coup in Uganda brings Milton Obote back into power, and he is confirmed as president in a subsequent general election | |
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| 1980 |
| | | The song O Canada, exacty a century old, is officially adopted as the country's national anthem | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Electrician Lech Walesa emerges as the leader of a strike in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland | |
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| 1980 |
| | | The Charter of Rights and Freedoms secures new aspects of Canada's national identity | |
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| 1980 |
| | | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerges in India from previous Hindu nationalist groups and soon acquires a large following | |
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| 1980 |
| | | US basketball champion Magic Johnson begins 12 years with the Los Angeles Lakers | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Martin Scorsese directs Robert de Niro in Raging Bull | |
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| 1980 |
| | | US choreographer Mark Morris founds his own company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, based in New York | |
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| 1980 |
| | | A trade union, Solidarnośc (Solidarity), is formed by strikers in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Lech Walesa is elected chairman of the newly formed Polish trade union movement Solidarnośc (Solidarity) | |
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