1980 starts with the Pittsburgh Steelers winning Super Bowl XIV by beating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19. They are the first NFL franchise to win 4 Super Bowls. A miracle occurs on ice when the United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. President Jimmy Carter celebrates these achievements by announcing the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
I'm in my last semester of sixth grade at the Modale campus. There is a struggle to decide how we would handle junior high next year because the building has accessibility issues. It is decided to move the junior high classrooms down to the first floor the following school year.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter devastates rural farm life by starting a grain embargo against the USSR. But, K cars become plentiful when the Peanuthead signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
The Cyclone mens basketball team finish the 79-80 season with an 11-16 record. NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament concludes with Louisville winning 59-54 over UCLA.
The Commander-in-chief orders the go-ahead for Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran which ends in tragedy.
"Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" is released. It is freaking awesome. "Airplane!" hits the theaters. It is freaking hysterical. "The Blues Brothers" take to the big screen. It is freaking genius. Pac Man debuts. It is freaking high tech. CNN launches. It is freaking boring (but would later be out-bored by CSPAN).
President Carter reinstitutes the requirement for 18- to 25-year-old males to register for the draft. Based on his military history I become nervous.
John Bonham, drummer extraordinaire of Led Zeppelin dies of alcohol poisoning. Led Zeppelin disbands.
The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals 4–2 to win the world series. I think I played little league ball in Pisgah that summer. Bryce Jester's dad taught a few tips on pitching that made me not bean as many batters.
Ronald Reagan wins the presidential election. Better times are in the near future.
J.R.'s assailant is revealed be Kristin and this time it isn't a dream.
The Cyclone football team finishes 6-5 (one of the five losses later forfeited by the cheating Kansas Jayhawks).
I started junior high that fall. My first class was the same room in which I had spent my fourth grade year. We didn't know it at the time but junior high on the first floor of the Modale elementary building made us better people.
John Lennon is murdered, ironically by a former LSD user. I think at the time that this seals it; the Beatles reunion that Connie and I always wished for would not happen. 30 years later I've decided that Yoko may be a no-talent nutcase but it was always the arrogant prick Sir Paul who is the problem.
To me 1980 was a tumultuous year.
This post's title is the opening lyric from "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon which was #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1980.
Be safe
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