Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). Events of 1980 January · January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession make Victoria of Sweden Crown Princess over her younger brother. · January 4 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. · January 6 - GPS time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. The president of Sicily, Piersanti Mattarella, is assassinated by the Mafia. · January 7 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. : Andrei Sakharov arrested.]] · January 9 - In Saudi Arabia, 63 Muslim fanatics are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November, 1979. · January 11 - Nigel Short,

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