Competitions for who could solve the puzzle the fastest emerged and it still remains popular today. By the following year it was a huge success causing a worldwide craze. After its introduction in early 1980, the Rubik’s Cube hit toy stores in May of that year. The colorful puzzle was soon picked up by Ideal Toys to develop the toy for a global market. The toy had been created by Erno Rubik in the 1970s and was first patented as the “Magic Cube” in Hungary in 1975. The Rubik’s Cube puzzle toy debuts internationally during January at a toy fair in London. Also the world tunes in to the answer of Who Shot JR? on the popular soap Dallas. Helens eruption on 27th March and a major heat wave in the US. This was also a bad year for natural disasters including Mount St. Politics enters the Olympic games with the boycott by the US of the Moscow Olympics and War breaks out between Iraq and Iran. As the continued miniaturization continues new technology allows for new consumer products that could never have existed to appear including Domestic Camcorders and Fax Machines, One other notable is the release of the Pac-Man arcade game. What happened in 1980 Major News Stories include John Lennon shot and killed in New York, Post-It Notes go on sale, Liberty City, Miami Rioting, MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas Destroyed with Fire, Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act passed. More Detailed Information on each Event and those not included can be found below What Happened in 1980 Major Events, Popular Culture, Prices, Born This Year The Killer Clown ( John Wayne Gacy Jr ) sentenced to death for the murder of 33 boys and young men.

Fire Destroys the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.US Passes 'Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act' to tax high profits by oil companies.Severe Summer Heat Wave in Southern US Causes 1,117 deaths in 20 States.Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death.3M begins sales of it's latest product Post-It Notes invented by Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver.CNN (Cable News Network) began broadcasting on June 1st.The Iran-Iraq war begins in September of 1980.Helens Eruption on May 18th in Washington killing 57. US defeats Soviet Union in ice hockey in what was labeled the 'Miracle on Ice'.List of 1980 significant News Events in History

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