1979年

1979年 — 韩国: 雙十二政變 / 中国: 中越战争 / 美国: The Iran hostage crisis begins. In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time

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韩国大韩民国 1948–	中国中华人民共和国 1949–	日本昭和 1926–1989	美国美国 1776–
雙十二政變 서울의 봄EN 1979年大韓民國總統選舉 4월 25일 한·소 국제전화 개설KO 10월 16일 부산대 학생들의 시위로 부마항쟁 시작KO 5월 5일 박정희 대통령, 발트하임 유엔사무총장 회담.KO 12월 12일 12·12 군사 반란KO 6월 30일 박정희 대통령 ― 카터 미 대통령 정상회담.KO 10월 26일 10·26 사건이 일어나 박정희 대통령이 피격당해 서거, 전국 비상계엄 선포.KO 8월 11일 YH 사건KO 19776월 18일 임시행정수도건설특별법조치법 제정. 197710월 18일 박정희 대통령, 평화통일 위한 3원칙 제시. 19777월 10일 제23회 국제기능올림픽대회에서 우승. 1977Start of the fourth five-year plan 19772월 28일 포항종합제철 냉압연공장 준공. 197712월 16일 국회, 12해리 영해법 제정. 19778월 4일 세계 최대 단일공장 남해화학 여수공장 완공. 19775월 18일 한국과학재단 발족, 해외학자 유치 등 지원. 197712월 17일 구마고속도로 개통. 19771월 12일 박정희 대통령, 북한에 식량원조 제의. 19776월 9일 국내 최초 고리원자력발전소 1호기 점화. 197712월 22일 수출목표 100억 달러 달성. 19776월 20일 박동진 외무장관, 핵개발 가능 시사. 1978洪城地震 19789월 26일 국산 유도탄 시험발사 성공. 197812월 13일 주한미군 전투부대 1진 철수. 197810월 27일 제3땅굴 발견. 19781월 1일 동력자원부 발족. 19784월 30일 12해리 영해 공표. 19786월 23일 북한에 민간경제협의기구 설치 제의. 19787월 6일 박정희 통일주체국민회의에서 제 9대 대통령으로 선출. 197811월 7일 한미연합군사령부 발족. 19784월 14일 세종문화회관 개관. 19784월 6일 정부, 고성능국산전차 M48 양산체제 시작. 1980光州民主化運動 1980프룬제 아카데미아 출신 장교 쿠데타 모의 사건 19805월 18일 5·18 광주 민주화 운동이 일어남 198010월 27일 대한민국 제5공화국 헌법이 공포	中越战争月，国际奥林匹克委员会恢复了中华人民共和国的席位。月，中华人民共和国计划生育开始逐渐推行“一孩政策”。月，东江支流西枝江的百年一遇大洪水，造成151人死亡。月，《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》、《中华人民共和国刑法》公布，于次年1月1日正式生效。中苏友好同盟互助条约 March — Deng Xiaoping declared in a speech the Four Cardinal Principles not subject to debate within China.EN January — China and the United States issued the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, under which the latter recognized the PRC as the legitimate government of China and terminated its participation in the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan.EN 月，西单民主墙遭到取缔，邓小平在理论工作务虚会上首次提出“四项基本原则”。月，渤海二号事件造成72人丧生，成为中华人民共和国石油工业史上最重大的责任事故。月11日，中共中央作出《关于地主、富农分子摘帽问题和地、富子女成分问题的决定》，此后数年内，数以千万计的“四类分子”成员及家属获得平反或“摘帽”。月16日，林毅夫叛逃至中国大陆。月29日-2月5日，邓小平访问美国，与时任美国总统吉米·卡特会面，此后美国通过《与台湾关系法》。月1日，中华人民共和国与美利坚合众国正式建立外交关系，月1日，全国人大常委会发表《告台湾同胞书》，并停止炮击金门（参见：金门炮战）。 1977月-9月，南斯拉夫总统、南斯拉夫共产主义者联盟主席铁托访问中国。 1977月10日，文革后举行第一次普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（高考恢复）。 1977月18日，新疆霍城县伊犁农垦局六十一团场礼堂发生特大火灾，导致694人死亡、161人烧残。 1977Beijing Spring: A brief period of political liberalization began. 19777月16日中共十届三中全会召开，邓小平复出。9月19日邓小平提出“拨乱反正”。12月10日恢复高考。 1977月12日-18日，中国共产党第十一次全国代表大会在北京召开，华国锋在8月19日召开的中共十一届一中全会上连任中共中央主席，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括叶剑英、邓小平、李先念、汪东兴（参见：中国共产党第十一届中央委员会）。 1977月16日-21日，中共十届三中全会召开，邓小平恢复中共中央副主席、国务院副总理、中共中央军委副主席等职务，第三次复出政坛。 1977月19日，邓小平在与教育部负责人谈话时，首次提出“拨乱反正 ”、并要求恢复高考，此后数年间，邓小平、胡耀邦等人主持了全国三百多万件冤假错案的平反。 1977月，中国北方爆发“H1N1”流感疫情，此后全球出现“俄国流感”大流行，据估计造成70万人死亡，普遍认为此次病毒来源于苏联或中国的实验室泄露事故或疫苗接种事故。 1978月8日，世界上第一只人工授精繁殖的大熊猫在北京动物园诞生。 1978月12日，邓小平访问新加坡，与时任新加坡总理李光耀会面，讨论了中南半岛局势和海外华人的问题，同意停止对外输出革命。 1978月18日-12月22日，中国共产党十一届三中全会召开，邓小平成为实际上的中国最高领导人，“改革开放”正式拉开序幕。 1978月，“三北防护林工程”启动。 1978月24日，安徽省凤阳县小岗村的18位农民签下“生死状”，开启了“家庭联产承包责任制”的先河。 1978月16日，中华人民共和国与美利坚合众国同时发表《中美建交公报》。 1978月15日，北京西单民主墙上开始出现已被查禁的《中国青年》，出现要民主、言论自由、反专制等呼声，此后西单民主墙运动引发了短暂的“北京之春”民主运动。 1978月10日起，《光明日报》、《人民日报》等报刊转载了《实践是检验真理的唯一标准》一文章，开启了一场社会各阶层参与的真理标准大讨论，反对华国锋等人所坚持的“两个凡是”，造就了全社会的一次思想大解放，成为此后中国大陆“新启蒙运动”的起点。 1978月5日，异议人士魏京生在西单民主墙上张贴文章《第五个现代化》。 1978月1日，《新闻联播》于北京电视台首次播出，而北京电视台于5月1日正式更名为中国中央电视台（CCTV）。 1978October — The poet Huang Xiang pasted pro-democracy, anti-Mao poems on the Democracy Wall in Beijing. 1978December — Deng Xiaoping first advocated for the Four Modernizations, of agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology. 1978月10日-12月15日，中央工作会议在北京京西宾馆举行，会上华国锋受到批判并失去最高权力，12月13日邓小平作了题为《解放思想，实事求是，团结一致向前看》的讲话。 1978月26日-3月5日，第五届全国人民代表大会第一次会议在北京召开，未设立国家主席，华国锋当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。会议通过了中华人民共和国第三部宪法《中华人民共和国宪法》，史称《七八宪法》。 1978December — The Communist official Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader of China. 1978月-10月，邓小平先后访问朝鲜、日本。 1978月12日，中国和日本签订《中日和平友好条约》。 1978月18日-31日，全国科学大会在北京人民大会堂召开，邓小平提出“知识分子是工人阶级的一部分”、“科学技术是生产力”等观点，为知识分子平反，郭沫若在闭幕式上发表《科学的春天》的著名讲话。 1980月，中华人民共和国取代中华民国开始行使国际货币基金组织的中国代表权，并加入世界银行。 1980月，中共中央和国务院决定在广东的深圳、珠海、汕头和福建的厦门，划出区域试办经济特区。 1980月起，北京中南海部分地段对外开放（至1989年），普通民众在周末、节假日可有组织参观包括丰泽园、静谷、瀛台等地，最多一天接待超过上万人。 1980月1日，国务院授权中国银行发行外汇兑换券，至1994年停止发行。 1980The first of the Special Economic Zones of China, characterized by low regulation and the encouragement of foreign investment, were established. 1980月26日，深圳经济特区正式成立。 1980月18日，邓小平在中共中央政治局扩大会议上作了《党和国家领导制度改革》的讲话（俗称“8.18讲话”），呼吁进行政治体制改革，提出废除干部领导职务终身制，并向全国人民代表大会提出全面修宪建议。 1980月10日，華國鋒辭去國務院總理職務，由趙紫陽接任。 1980September — The one-child policy, under which Chinese couples are heavily fined for additional children after their first, with some exceptions, came into force, and then phased out in 2015. 1980中正纪念堂完工。深圳经济特区成立。新竹科学工业园区成立。9月10日趙紫陽接替華國鋒出任中華人民共和國國務院總理。 1980June — Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90: Chinese forces began shelling the Vietnamese Cao Bằng Province. 1981，中华人民共和国成为世界卫生组织成员。 1981《关于建国以来党的若干历史问题的决议》通过。 1981月24日，四川省道孚县发生6.8级地震，共计造成约150人死亡，还有约300人受伤，对震中附近造成极大破坏。 1981月1日，全国人大委员长叶剑英通过新华社发表《有关和平统一台湾的九条方针政策》。 1981月，深圳蛇口工业区建设总指挥袁庚提出“时间就是金钱，效率就是生命”的口号，被誉为改革开放中“冲破思想禁锢的第一声春雷”。 1981月25日，林彪、江青反革命集团案宣判，江青被判处死缓。 1981月29日，孫中山第二任妻子、中华人民共和国名誉主席宋庆龄逝世。 1981月27日，中共十一届六中全会通过《关于建国以来党的若干历史问题的决议》，全面否定文化大革命，华国锋辞去中共中央主席一职、由胡耀邦接任，并辞去中共中央军委主席一职、由邓小平接任。 1981月，超强台风8108号在浙江乐清一带登陆，导致1283人死亡。 1981月-11月，内蒙古学生运动。 1981月，四川特大洪水，导致888人死亡。 1981月14日，解放军在河北省张家口举行华北大演习，成为中华人民共和国成立以来解放军规模最大的一次军事演习。	本年无收录事件 1978中日和平友好條約 1980Japan became the biggest motor vehicle producing country in the world with 11,042,884 motor vehicles compared to the USA's 8,009,841.	The Iran hostage crisis begins. In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time.EN American Airlines Flight 191 crashes after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 aboard and two on the ground, making it one of the deadliest aviation incidents on U.S. soil.EN 지미 카터 토끼 사건EN Facing bankruptcy, Chrysler receives government loan guarantees upon the request of CEO Lee Iacocca to help revive the company.EN Greensboro massacreEN The Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight, widely considered the first major hip hop song. The hip hop music movement occurred in the Early 1970s, but would evolve over time.EN The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs, America's most catastrophic nuclear power plant accident in its history.EN 1977The Atari 2600 becomes the first successful home video game system, popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code. 1977The first home personal computer, the Commodore PET, is released for retail sale. 1977Golden Dragon massacre 1977Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral 1977The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder. 1977The science-fiction space opera film Star Wars debuts in theaters. 1977The International Women’s Year Conference (IWY), is held in Houston, Texas, where 2,000 state-appointed delegates vote on planks to form a “Plan of Action” called “What Women Want.” 1977The television miniseries Roots airs on ABC, to critical acclaim and record audiences. 1978Volkswagen becomes the second non-American automobile manufacturer (after Rolls-Royce) to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit. 1978The Camp David Accords commence, where Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel) and President Anwar Sadat (Egypt) begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland. 1978Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by Dan White in San Francisco on November 27. 1978The Senate votes to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999. 1978The Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act is signed into law, adjusting the government's economic goals to include full employment, growth in production, price stability, and a balance of trade and budget. 1980The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the European Commission. 1980January 20, 1981 – Reagan becomes the 40th president; Bush becomes the 43rd vice president. On the same day Iran releases hostages, marking the end of the Iran hostage crisis. 1980U.S. presidential election, 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president, with George H. W. Bush elected vice president 1980自由联系条约 1980Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by a gunman on December 8 in New York City. 1980Cash–Landrum incident 1980March 30, 1981 – Attempted assassination of President Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. 1980The Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington on May 18 kills 57. 1980The Refugee Act of 1980 is signed into law, reforming United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons 1981MTV signs on, becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos. 1981The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched, marking America's first return to space since 1975. 1981Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. 1981Louisville sewer explosions 19811982 United States is part of the global recession, with national unemployment as high as 9%, with some areas much higher, and inflation as high as 13.5%. Early 1980s recession 1981In August, President Reagan fires 11,345 striking air traffic controllers. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) 19811982 — The killing of 6-year-old Adam Walsh (1981), and the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a 12-year-old newspaper carrier from Des Moines, Iowa (1982), raise awareness of missing children cases in the United States. 1981A hotel walkway collapses in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 and injuring over 200; it was the deadliest structural collapse to occur in the United States until 9/11. 1981Kemp-Roth Tax Cut

韩国大韩民国 1948–

中国中华人民共和国 1949–

日本昭和 1926–1989

美国美国 1776–

雙十二政變
서울의 봄EN
1979年大韓民國總統選舉
4월 25일 한·소 국제전화 개설KO
10월 16일 부산대 학생들의 시위로 부마항쟁 시작KO
5월 5일 박정희 대통령, 발트하임 유엔사무총장 회담.KO
12월 12일 12·12 군사 반란KO
6월 30일 박정희 대통령 ― 카터 미 대통령 정상회담.KO
10월 26일 10·26 사건이 일어나 박정희 대통령이 피격당해 서거, 전국 비상계엄 선포.KO
8월 11일 YH 사건KO

19776월 18일 임시행정수도건설특별법조치법 제정.
197710월 18일 박정희 대통령, 평화통일 위한 3원칙 제시.
19777월 10일 제23회 국제기능올림픽대회에서 우승.
1977Start of the fourth five-year plan
19772월 28일 포항종합제철 냉압연공장 준공.
197712월 16일 국회, 12해리 영해법 제정.
19778월 4일 세계 최대 단일공장 남해화학 여수공장 완공.
19775월 18일 한국과학재단 발족, 해외학자 유치 등 지원.
197712월 17일 구마고속도로 개통.
19771월 12일 박정희 대통령, 북한에 식량원조 제의.
19776월 9일 국내 최초 고리원자력발전소 1호기 점화.
197712월 22일 수출목표 100억 달러 달성.
19776월 20일 박동진 외무장관, 핵개발 가능 시사.
1978洪城地震
19789월 26일 국산 유도탄 시험발사 성공.
197812월 13일 주한미군 전투부대 1진 철수.
197810월 27일 제3땅굴 발견.
19781월 1일 동력자원부 발족.
19784월 30일 12해리 영해 공표.
19786월 23일 북한에 민간경제협의기구 설치 제의.
19787월 6일 박정희 통일주체국민회의에서 제 9대 대통령으로 선출.
197811월 7일 한미연합군사령부 발족.
19784월 14일 세종문화회관 개관.
19784월 6일 정부, 고성능국산전차 M48 양산체제 시작.
1980光州民主化運動
1980프룬제 아카데미아 출신 장교 쿠데타 모의 사건
19805월 18일 5·18 광주 민주화 운동이 일어남
198010월 27일 대한민국 제5공화국 헌법이 공포

中越战争
月，国际奥林匹克委员会恢复了中华人民共和国的席位。
月，中华人民共和国计划生育开始逐渐推行“一孩政策”。
月，东江支流西枝江的百年一遇大洪水，造成151人死亡。
月，《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》、《中华人民共和国刑法》公布，于次年1月1日正式生效。
中苏友好同盟互助条约
March — Deng Xiaoping declared in a speech the Four Cardinal Principles not subject to debate within China.EN
January — China and the United States issued the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, under which the latter recognized the PRC as the legitimate government of China and terminated its participation in the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan.EN
月，西单民主墙遭到取缔，邓小平在理论工作务虚会上首次提出“四项基本原则”。
月，渤海二号事件造成72人丧生，成为中华人民共和国石油工业史上最重大的责任事故。
月11日，中共中央作出《关于地主、富农分子摘帽问题和地、富子女成分问题的决定》，此后数年内，数以千万计的“四类分子”成员及家属获得平反或“摘帽”。
月16日，林毅夫叛逃至中国大陆。
月29日-2月5日，邓小平访问美国，与时任美国总统吉米·卡特会面，此后美国通过《与台湾关系法》。
月1日，中华人民共和国与美利坚合众国正式建立外交关系，
月1日，全国人大常委会发表《告台湾同胞书》，并停止炮击金门（参见：金门炮战）。

1977月-9月，南斯拉夫总统、南斯拉夫共产主义者联盟主席铁托访问中国。
1977月10日，文革后举行第一次普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（高考恢复）。
1977月18日，新疆霍城县伊犁农垦局六十一团场礼堂发生特大火灾，导致694人死亡、161人烧残。
1977Beijing Spring: A brief period of political liberalization began.
19777月16日中共十届三中全会召开，邓小平复出。9月19日邓小平提出“拨乱反正”。12月10日恢复高考。
1977月12日-18日，中国共产党第十一次全国代表大会在北京召开，华国锋在8月19日召开的中共十一届一中全会上连任中共中央主席，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括叶剑英、邓小平、李先念、汪东兴（参见：中国共产党第十一届中央委员会）。
1977月16日-21日，中共十届三中全会召开，邓小平恢复中共中央副主席、国务院副总理、中共中央军委副主席等职务，第三次复出政坛。
1977月19日，邓小平在与教育部负责人谈话时，首次提出“拨乱反正 ”、并要求恢复高考，此后数年间，邓小平、胡耀邦等人主持了全国三百多万件冤假错案的平反。
1977月，中国北方爆发“H1N1”流感疫情，此后全球出现“俄国流感”大流行，据估计造成70万人死亡，普遍认为此次病毒来源于苏联或中国的实验室泄露事故或疫苗接种事故。
1978月8日，世界上第一只人工授精繁殖的大熊猫在北京动物园诞生。
1978月12日，邓小平访问新加坡，与时任新加坡总理李光耀会面，讨论了中南半岛局势和海外华人的问题，同意停止对外输出革命。
1978月18日-12月22日，中国共产党十一届三中全会召开，邓小平成为实际上的中国最高领导人，“改革开放”正式拉开序幕。
1978月，“三北防护林工程”启动。
1978月24日，安徽省凤阳县小岗村的18位农民签下“生死状”，开启了“家庭联产承包责任制”的先河。
1978月16日，中华人民共和国与美利坚合众国同时发表《中美建交公报》。
1978月15日，北京西单民主墙上开始出现已被查禁的《中国青年》，出现要民主、言论自由、反专制等呼声，此后西单民主墙运动引发了短暂的“北京之春”民主运动。
1978月10日起，《光明日报》、《人民日报》等报刊转载了《实践是检验真理的唯一标准》一文章，开启了一场社会各阶层参与的真理标准大讨论，反对华国锋等人所坚持的“两个凡是”，造就了全社会的一次思想大解放，成为此后中国大陆“新启蒙运动”的起点。
1978月5日，异议人士魏京生在西单民主墙上张贴文章《第五个现代化》。
1978月1日，《新闻联播》于北京电视台首次播出，而北京电视台于5月1日正式更名为中国中央电视台（CCTV）。
1978October — The poet Huang Xiang pasted pro-democracy, anti-Mao poems on the Democracy Wall in Beijing.
1978December — Deng Xiaoping first advocated for the Four Modernizations, of agriculture, industry, national defense and science and technology.
1978月10日-12月15日，中央工作会议在北京京西宾馆举行，会上华国锋受到批判并失去最高权力，12月13日邓小平作了题为《解放思想，实事求是，团结一致向前看》的讲话。
1978月26日-3月5日，第五届全国人民代表大会第一次会议在北京召开，未设立国家主席，华国锋当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。会议通过了中华人民共和国第三部宪法《中华人民共和国宪法》，史称《七八宪法》。
1978December — The Communist official Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader of China.
1978月-10月，邓小平先后访问朝鲜、日本。
1978月12日，中国和日本签订《中日和平友好条约》。
1978月18日-31日，全国科学大会在北京人民大会堂召开，邓小平提出“知识分子是工人阶级的一部分”、“科学技术是生产力”等观点，为知识分子平反，郭沫若在闭幕式上发表《科学的春天》的著名讲话。
1980月，中华人民共和国取代中华民国开始行使国际货币基金组织的中国代表权，并加入世界银行。
1980月，中共中央和国务院决定在广东的深圳、珠海、汕头和福建的厦门，划出区域试办经济特区。
1980月起，北京中南海部分地段对外开放（至1989年），普通民众在周末、节假日可有组织参观包括丰泽园、静谷、瀛台等地，最多一天接待超过上万人。
1980月1日，国务院授权中国银行发行外汇兑换券，至1994年停止发行。
1980The first of the Special Economic Zones of China, characterized by low regulation and the encouragement of foreign investment, were established.
1980月26日，深圳经济特区正式成立。
1980月18日，邓小平在中共中央政治局扩大会议上作了《党和国家领导制度改革》的讲话（俗称“8.18讲话”），呼吁进行政治体制改革，提出废除干部领导职务终身制，并向全国人民代表大会提出全面修宪建议。
1980月10日，華國鋒辭去國務院總理職務，由趙紫陽接任。
1980September — The one-child policy, under which Chinese couples are heavily fined for additional children after their first, with some exceptions, came into force, and then phased out in 2015.
1980中正纪念堂完工。深圳经济特区成立。新竹科学工业园区成立。9月10日趙紫陽接替華國鋒出任中華人民共和國國務院總理。
1980June — Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–90: Chinese forces began shelling the Vietnamese Cao Bằng Province.
1981，中华人民共和国成为世界卫生组织成员。
1981《关于建国以来党的若干历史问题的决议》通过。
1981月24日，四川省道孚县发生6.8级地震，共计造成约150人死亡，还有约300人受伤，对震中附近造成极大破坏。
1981月1日，全国人大委员长叶剑英通过新华社发表《有关和平统一台湾的九条方针政策》。
1981月，深圳蛇口工业区建设总指挥袁庚提出“时间就是金钱，效率就是生命”的口号，被誉为改革开放中“冲破思想禁锢的第一声春雷”。
1981月25日，林彪、江青反革命集团案宣判，江青被判处死缓。
1981月29日，孫中山第二任妻子、中华人民共和国名誉主席宋庆龄逝世。
1981月27日，中共十一届六中全会通过《关于建国以来党的若干历史问题的决议》，全面否定文化大革命，华国锋辞去中共中央主席一职、由胡耀邦接任，并辞去中共中央军委主席一职、由邓小平接任。
1981月，超强台风8108号在浙江乐清一带登陆，导致1283人死亡。
1981月-11月，内蒙古学生运动。
1981月，四川特大洪水，导致888人死亡。
1981月14日，解放军在河北省张家口举行华北大演习，成为中华人民共和国成立以来解放军规模最大的一次军事演习。

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1978中日和平友好條約
1980Japan became the biggest motor vehicle producing country in the world with 11,042,884 motor vehicles compared to the USA's 8,009,841.

The Iran hostage crisis begins. In the aftermath, a second energy crisis develops, tripling the price of oil and sending U. S. gasoline prices over $1 per gallon for the first time.EN
American Airlines Flight 191 crashes after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 aboard and two on the ground, making it one of the deadliest aviation incidents on U.S. soil.EN
지미 카터 토끼 사건EN
Facing bankruptcy, Chrysler receives government loan guarantees upon the request of CEO Lee Iacocca to help revive the company.EN
Greensboro massacreEN
The Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight, widely considered the first major hip hop song. The hip hop music movement occurred in the Early 1970s, but would evolve over time.EN
The Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs, America's most catastrophic nuclear power plant accident in its history.EN

1977The Atari 2600 becomes the first successful home video game system, popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code.
1977The first home personal computer, the Commodore PET, is released for retail sale.
1977Golden Dragon massacre
1977Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 75,000 fans line the streets of Memphis for his funeral
1977The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
1977The science-fiction space opera film Star Wars debuts in theaters.
1977The International Women’s Year Conference (IWY), is held in Houston, Texas, where 2,000 state-appointed delegates vote on planks to form a “Plan of Action” called “What Women Want.”
1977The television miniseries Roots airs on ABC, to critical acclaim and record audiences.
1978Volkswagen becomes the second non-American automobile manufacturer (after Rolls-Royce) to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit.
1978The Camp David Accords commence, where Prime Minister Menachem Begin (Israel) and President Anwar Sadat (Egypt) begin the peace process at Camp David, Maryland.
1978Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by Dan White in San Francisco on November 27.
1978The Senate votes to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on December 31, 1999.
1978The Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act is signed into law, adjusting the government's economic goals to include full employment, growth in production, price stability, and a balance of trade and budget.
1980The United States boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; also announces a grain embargo against the Soviet Union with the support of the European Commission.
1980January 20, 1981 – Reagan becomes the 40th president; Bush becomes the 43rd vice president. On the same day Iran releases hostages, marking the end of the Iran hostage crisis.
1980U.S. presidential election, 1980: Ronald Reagan is elected president, with George H. W. Bush elected vice president
1980自由联系条约
1980Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by a gunman on December 8 in New York City.
1980Cash–Landrum incident
1980March 30, 1981 – Attempted assassination of President Reagan by John Hinckley Jr.
1980The Mount St. Helens eruption in Washington on May 18 kills 57.
1980The Refugee Act of 1980 is signed into law, reforming United States immigration law and admitted refugees on systematic basis for humanitarian reasons
1981MTV signs on, becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos.
1981The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched, marking America's first return to space since 1975.
1981Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1981Louisville sewer explosions
19811982 United States is part of the global recession, with national unemployment as high as 9%, with some areas much higher, and inflation as high as 13.5%. Early 1980s recession
1981In August, President Reagan fires 11,345 striking air traffic controllers. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968)
19811982 — The killing of 6-year-old Adam Walsh (1981), and the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a 12-year-old newspaper carrier from Des Moines, Iowa (1982), raise awareness of missing children cases in the United States.
1981A hotel walkway collapses in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 and injuring over 200; it was the deadliest structural collapse to occur in the United States until 9/11.
1981Kemp-Roth Tax Cut