1980-7-16

Garden of Love

Rick James

discography

昭和55年

7/11 金

Vienna / Ultravox

7/11 金

Oh! Heavenly Dog

7/11 金

ユーズド・カー

7/15 火

牛丼の吉野家が会社更生法を申請（1983年にセゾングループが再建に乗り出す）。

7/15 火

Back on the Streets / Donnie Iris

7/16 水

It's Still Rock And Roll To Me / Billy Joel

7/17 木

鈴木善幸内閣が成立する。

7/17 木

向田邦子(50)の短編3作「花の名前」「かわうそ」「犬小屋」が第83回直木賞を受賞する。同時受賞は志茂田景樹。

7/17 木

アメリカ合衆国カリフォルニア州アナハイムにあるディズニーランドが開園25周年。

7/18 金

Closer / Joy Division

1980

7/10 Thu

Alexandra Palace burnt down for a second time.

7/11 Fri

American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran

7/13 Sun

35th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott

7/13 Sun

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

7/15 Tue

Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record

7/16 Wed

Polish railway workers block railway to Russia

7/16 Wed

Ronald Reagan nominated for US President by Republicans in Detroit

7/17 Thu

Bolivian military coup: general Garcia Meza becomes president

7/17 Thu

Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president

7/17 Thu

Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan

1980

5/18 Sun

"Ian Curtis, vocalist of pioneering post-punk group Joy Division, hangs himself in his Macclesfield home, just one day before Joy Division are scheduled to begin their first U.S. tour."

6/

"Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley performs for the last time during a tour of South Africa. After this tour, his health deteriorates and he dies in February 1981. July 1980 marks the 25th anniversary of Haley's ""Rock Around the Clock"" reaching No. 1 on

6/

The Sony Walkman goes on sale in the United States.

6/25 Wed

Kiss plays its first show with new drummer Eric Carr at the New York Palladium.

6/27 Fri

"John Lydon and Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd make an appearance on The Tomorrow Show with host Tom Snyder. In a famously uncomfortable interview, Lydon gives curt and vague responses to most of Snyder's questions."

7/18 Fri

The documentary and concert film No Nukes opens in New York.

7/25 Fri

AC/DC release Back in Black which later becomes the highest selling album by any band to date.

7/31 Thu

"The Eagles end their tour with a contentious show in Long Beach, California. They would not play together again until 1994."

8/4 Mon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin the recording of the Double Fantasy album.

8/16 Sat

"The first Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival is held at Donington Park in England. Rainbow headlines, and Judas Priest, Scorpions, April Wine, Saxon, Riot and Touch also perform."

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