WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1980
Find out what all happened June to July 1980

"O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada. (1. July 1980)

The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela. (10. June 1980)

The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level. (24. July 1980)

Italian Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 mysteriously explodes in mid air while in route from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 on board. Also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster (27. June 1980)

Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting. (1. June 1980)

The United Nations Security Council votes 14-0 that member states should not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (20. July 1980)

Alexandra Palace burns down for a second time. (10. July 1980)

Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. (29. July 1980)

A massive storm tears through western Wisconsin, causing US$160 million in damage. (15. July 1980)

Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law (30. July 1980)

Vanuatu gains independence. (30. July 1980)

The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which take five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and cause $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross. (3. June 1980)

During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre. (7. July 1980)

Institution of sharia in Iran. (7. July 1980)