August 1980

The following events happened in August 1980:

August 14–31, 1980: Solidarnosc movement wins recognition of freedom to organize trade unions
August 19, 1980: Fire kills all 301 people on Saudi airliner
August 28, 1980: University of Aberdeen scientists perform world's first MRI scan [ 1 ]
August 2, 1980: Terrorist bomb kills 85 at Italian railway station
U.S. flag substitute, 1980
Flanders and Wallonia
A giant panda cub
The light-rail Metro train [ 34 ]