O que iremos recordar daqui a 20 anos sobre mês de janeiro de 1980?

* January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession make Victoria of Sweden Crown Princess and therefore next in line to the throne, ahead of her younger brother.

* January 4 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.

* January 6 - Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.

* January 6 - The president of Sicily, Piersanti Mattarella, is assassinated by the Mafia.

* January 7 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

* January 9 - In Saudi Arabia, 63 Muslim fanatics are beheaded for their part in the siege of the Great Mosque in Mecca in November, 1979.

* January 11 - Nigel Short, 14, becomes the youngest chess player to be awarded the degree of International Master.

* January 20 - Super Bowl XIV: The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win 4 Super Bowls, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

* January 21 - The London Gold Fixing hits its highest price ever (adjusted for inflation), at US$850 a troy ounce.

* January 21 - The MS Athina B is beached at Brighton, becoming a temporary tourist attraction.

* January 22 - Andrei Sakharov, Soviet scientist and human rights activist, is arrested in Moscow.

* January 24 - The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy, and debt owed to creditors.

* January 26 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.

* January 27 - Canadian caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland.

* January 30 - Nasce JC Gouveia, futuro campeão olimpico de Wii e actual dono da mansão Playboy

* January 31 - The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala is invaded and set on fire, killing 36 people


Parabéns JC ;)