Date in year · 1980 · The 1980s

May 14, 1980

On May 14, 1980, salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador. The year's #1 song was "Call Me" by Blondie. Dennis Kruppke, Randy Orton, Bijou Phillips would arrive in the same year.

Events

1

Births

1

Deaths

0

Year

1980

1980s

Around 1980

The year in brief

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

Read the full year of 1980 →

What happened

On May 14, 1980

  1. 1980 Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

    1979–1992 conflict in El Salvador

    The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed by the United States, and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing guerrilla groups backed by Cuba under Fidel Castro as well as the Soviet Union. A coup on 15 October 1979 followed by government killings of anti-coup protesters is widely seen as the start of the civil war. The war did not formally end until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when, on 16 January 1992 the Chapultepec Peace Accords were signed in Mexico City.

Arrivals

Born on May 14, 1980

Júlia Sebestyén 1980– Hungarian figure skater

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1980

The class of 1980

Others born in 1980

Dennis Kruppke 1980– German footballer
Randy Orton 1980– American wrestler
Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model
Sean Avery 1980– Canadian ice hockey player and model
Charlie Hunnam 1980– English actor
Shao Jiayi 1980– Chinese footballer

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore