Editing 1980 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1980}}
* [[October 5]]
** The Elisabeth [[blast furnace]] is demolished at [[Bilston]] Steelworks, marking the end of iron and steel production in the [[Black Country]] region of the U.K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_915/|title=Black Country History|website=BlackCountryHistory.org|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015050/http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_P_915/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[British Leyland]] launches its new [[Austin Metro|Metro]], a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the [[Mini]]. It gives BL a long-awaited modern competitor for the likes of the [[Ford Fiesta]] and [[Vauxhall Chevette]].
* [[October 10]] – The 7.1 {{M|w}} [[1980 El Asnam earthquake|El Asnam earthquake]] shakes northern [[Algeria]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), killing 2,633–5,000 and injuring 8,369–9,000.
* [[October 14]]
** The [[Staggers Rail Act]] is enacted, deregulating American railroads.
** The [[6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea|6th Congress of the Workers' Party]] ends, having anointed North Korean President [[Kim Il Sung]]'s son [[Kim Jong Il]] as his successor.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Nam-Sik |date= Spring–Summer 1982 |title=North Korea's Power Structure and Foreign Relations: an Analysis of the Sixth Congress of the KWP* |journal=[[The Journal of East Asian Affairs]] |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=125–151  |publisher=[[Institute for National Security Strategy]] |jstor=23253510 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Chong-sik |date= May 1982 |title= Evolution of the Korean Workers' Party and the Rise of Kim Chŏng-il |journal=[[Asian Survey]] |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=434–448  |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |doi=10.2307/2643871|jstor=2643871 }}</ref>
* [[October 15]] – [[James Callaghan]] announces his resignation as leader of the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].
* [[October 16]] – The most recent atmospheric [[List of nuclear weapons tests|nuclear weapons test]] to date was conducted by [[List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_China|China]].<ref name="his">[http://www.nti.org/db/china/testchr.htm#1980 China's Nuclear program in the 1980s] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608060502/http://www.nti.org/db/china/testchr.htm#1980 |date=2007-06-08 }} nti.org</ref>
* [[October 18]] – [[1980 Australian federal election]]: [[Malcolm Fraser]]'s [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Fraser government|government]] is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Bill Hayden]]. The Government also loses control of the Senate, with the [[Australian Democrats]] winning the balance of power.
* [[October 20]]
** Greece rejoins the [[NATO]] military structure.
** In continuous production since 1962, the last [[MG MGB]] roadster rolls off the assembly line at the [[Abingdon-on-Thames]] (England) factory, ending production for the [[MG Cars]] marque.
* [[October 21]] – In [[Major League Baseball]], The [[Philadelphia Phillies]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] defeat the [[Kansas City Royals]] of the [[American League]], 4–1, in Game Six of the [[World Series]] to win the championship.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Larry Shenk|author2=Larry Andersen|title=Fightin' Phillies: 100 Years of Philadelphia Baseball from the Whiz Kids to the Misfits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgr8CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=978-1-63319-471-7|pages=163}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] – Proceedings on the [[Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction]] conclude at [[The Hague]].
* [[October 27]] – Six [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] prisoners in [[HM Prison Maze|Maze prison]] in Northern Ireland refuse food and demand status as [[political prisoner]]s; the [[hunger strike]] lasts until December.
* [[October 30]] – [[El Salvador]] and [[Honduras]] sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in [[1969]]'s [[Football War]] before the [[International Court of Justice]].
* [[October 31]]
** The [[Polish People's Republic|Polish]] government recognizes [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]].
** [[Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran|Reza Pahlavi]], eldest son of [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|the Shah]] of [[Iran]], proclaims himself the rightful successor to the [[Peacock Throne]].