Editing 1980 (section)

===May===
{{Main|May 1980}}
* [[May 1]] – "About that Urban Renaissance...", an article by journalist Dan Rottenberg in ''[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]'', contains the first recorded use of the word "[[yuppie]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-1980/Yuppie/|title=About That Urban Renaissance…|website=ChicagoMag.com|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref>
* [[May 2]] – [[1980 Nepalese governmental system referendum|Referendum on system of government]] held in Nepal.
* [[May 4]] – [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] President [[Josip Broz Tito]] dies. The largest state funeral in history is organized, with state delegations from 128 different countries out of 154 UN members at the time.
* [[May 7]] – [[Paul Geidel]], convicted of second-degree murder in [[1911]], is released from prison in [[Beacon, New York]], after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
* [[May 8]] – Global eradication of [[smallpox]] certified by the [[World Health Organization]].
* [[May 9]]
** In [[Florida]], United States, the Liberian freighter ''[[Summit Venture]]'' hits the [[Sunshine Skyway Bridge]] over [[Tampa Bay]]. A {{convert|1,400|foot|m|adj=on}} section of the bridge collapses and 35 people (most of them on a bus) are killed.<ref>{{cite book|title=Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIMGa9NTCCQC&pg=PA125|year=1982|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=125}}</ref>
** [[James Alexander George Smith McCartney|James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney]] the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]' first [[chief minister]], is killed in a plane crash over [[New Jersey]].
* [[May 14]] – The [[Sumpul River massacre]] occurs in [[Chalatenango, El Salvador]].
* [[May 17]] – [[Internal conflict in Peru]]: On the eve of presidential elections, [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] group [[Shining Path]] attacks a polling location in the town of [[Chuschi]], [[Ayacucho]].
* [[May 18]] – The [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens]] volcano in [[Washington (state)]] kills 57 and causes US$3&nbsp;billion in damage.
* [[May 18]]–[[May 27|27]] – [[Gwangju Uprising]]: Students in [[Gwangju]], South Korea, begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.
* [[May 20]] – [[1980 Quebec referendum]]: Voters in [[Quebec]] reject, by a vote of 60%, a proposal to seek independence from Canada.
* [[May 22]] – [[Namco]]'s ''[[Pac-Man]]'', the highest-earning [[arcade game]] of all time, is released in Japan.
* [[May 24]] – The [[International Court of Justice]] calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in [[Tehran]].
* [[May 26]]
** [[John Frum]] supporters in [[Vanuatu]] storm government offices on the island of [[Tanna (island)|Tanna]]. Vanuatu government troops land the next day and drive them away.
* [[May 28]] – A fiery bus crash near the small village of [[Webb, Saskatchewan]], Canada, claims 22 lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Commuting/2009-04-17/article-1438412/Bus-tragedy-still-painful/1|title=The Telegram|website=www.TheTelegram.com|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175555/http://www.thetelegram.com/Commuting/2009-04-17/article-1438412/Bus-tragedy-still-painful/1|archive-date=September 5, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>