Editing 1980 (section)

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1980}}
* [[February 2]] – [[Abscam]]: [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] personnel target members of the [[Congress of the United States]] in a sting operation.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Investigations at a Glance; Origin Disclosure Results Inquiries Under Way|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 10, 1980}}</ref>
* [[February 2]]–[[February 3|3]] – The [[New Mexico State Penitentiary riot]] takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
* [[February 4]] – [[Abolhassan Banisadr]] is sworn in as the first [[President of Iran]] after winning the [[1980 Iranian presidential election|January 25 presidential election]].
* [[February 13]] – The [[1980 Winter Olympics]] open in [[Lake Placid, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Lake-Placid-1980-Olympic-Winter-Games |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – In [[Vanuatu]], followers of [[John Frum]]'s [[cargo cult]] on the island of [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]] declare secession as the nation of [[Tafea]].
* [[February 16]] – A [[Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980|total solar eclipse]] is seen in North Africa and West Asia. It was the 50th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 130]].
* [[February 22]] – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the [[Miracle on Ice]]. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|gold medal]] since 1960.
* [[February 23]] – [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] states that [[Iran]]'s parliament will decide the fate of the [[Iran hostage crisis|American embassy hostages]].
* [[February 25]] – A [[coup]] in [[Suriname]] ousts the government of [[Henck Arron]]; leaders [[Dési Bouterse]] and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council.<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Meel|title=How to Get to Know the Caribbean: A Student's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-kXAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Department of Caribbean Studies, Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology|isbn=978-90-6718-012-2|page=49}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] – [[19th of April Movement|M-19]] guerrillas begin the [[Dominican embassy siege]] in [[Colombia]], holding 60 people hostage, including 14 [[ambassador]]s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Patterns of International Terrorism, 1980: A Research Paper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VAGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA16|year=1981|publisher=National Foreign Assessment Center|pages=16}}</ref>