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Alan Jones pipped Nelson Piquet to the Formula One World Championship after a controversial Canadian GP.

Defending champions Ferrari were nowhere in 1980, struggling against the better ground-effect technology of other Grand Prix teams.

Williams and Brabham fought throughout the 1980 Grand Prix season for supremacy. Meanwhile, Alfa-Romeo driver Patrick Depailler was killed at Hockenheim.

Setbacks in foreign policy and an economic downturn helped propel the Republican candidacy of Ronald Reagan resulting in a victory for conservatism.

CBS Started An NBA Finals Game At 11:30 P.M. Becasue It Did Not Generate Prime Time Ratings

Darrell Griffith ran away with Most Outstanding Player honors as the senior led Louisville to the first NCAA crown in school history with a 59-54 victory over UCLA.

Adding to world drama of 1980, the NFL's Oakland Raiders made noise in the courtroom and on the playing field.

Three outstanding Kentucky Derby champions from the 1980s were fillies Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988), and Alysheba (1987), who won after throat surgery.

Alexandre Daigle may be the poster boy for bad draft picks amoung NHL fans, but there has been more high draft picks that did nothing than you think.

The war of liberation or Chimurenga and Britain's search for majority rule were the two main conflicting forces shaping the history of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1980.

Brands Hatch and Silverstone continued to share the GP during the eighties.

From Don Newcombe in 1956 to Steve Stone and Steve Carlton in 1980, the Cy Young award honors baseball's best pitchers. Here are the winners over the first 25 years.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 24 megatons of thermal energy and created the largest landslide ever recorded in historic times.

Thirty-nine fillies have entered the Kentucky Derby in its 134 runnings. The first to win was Regret in 1915. Genuine Risk scored in 1980. Winning Colors won in 1988.

Between 1980 and 1987 Libyan forces of Col Muhmar Qadhafi invaded its neighbor Chad three times, ultimately being forced out by France.

Remastered With a New 5.1 Surround Mix and New Special Features, This Uncut Slasher Classic Is Worth Upgrading.

If John Carpenter's Halloween ushered in the modern horror film era in 1978, Sean S. Cunningham set a precedent for what became known as the "slasher film" in 1980.

The Lathe of Heaven could be called Whole Lotta Futures. Based on a superb 1971 science fiction novel, this 1980 adaptation ably captures an intriguing premise.

1974 kicks Red Riding off with sorrow and indignation. Unfortunately, as the mystery unravels into the 1980s, the narrative power dissipates.

Online t-shirt marketer 80stees.com calls Skeletor best 80's cartoon villain in poll. Skull-headed toon won 24% of vote.

In the dead of winter, trapped in the mountains, there is no escape for a family plagued by a sinister evil embodied by the Overlook hotel and it's manifestations

From "West End Girls" and "It's a Sin" to "Always On My Mind", The Pet Shop Boys sound shaped 1980's music and brought electronic dance disco back to the charts.

"Funkytown," "Biko," "Rock with You" and "Rosanna" are just some of the best 80's songs from 1980-1982.

Tracks, written by Robyn Davidson in the late 70s and published in 1980, follows the author's journey across 1,700 miles of Australian outback with her camels.

Though the production value for all three Red Riding films are through the roof considering they were conceived for TV, the films are best viewed as a mini-series.

Emo, short for emotional, covers many different styles of emotionally charged punk rock and has been warped and convoluted over the many years of the genre's existence.

Obama's message of hope is upsetting the same groups that made the Reagan Revolution possible. But it doesn't matter. Things have changed.

Some of the best high school comedy films of our time come from the 80's.

The turbo era, the arrival of Senna, the loss of Bellof and McLaren dominance. The 1980s was a thrilling but turbulent decade in Formula 1 history.

After serving his motor racing apprenticeship in Formula 3 and Formula 2, Jean-Pierre Jabouille became a Grand Prix winner with Renault.

Having captured the WBC Super-Featherweight title against Mario Martinez in 1984 Julio Cesar Chavez would go on to claim a place as one of the finest boxers of the 1980's

Winning the presidency during the bicentennial year, Jimmy Carter introduced new directions in foreign policy that would ultimately contribute to his political demise.

Traditional Bengali culture contains a rich tapestry of musical genres. These range from plaintive folk melody to lyrical boatmen songs and the songs of mystics.

Some of these five Oscar winning movies were not necessarily audience choices for best picture, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences loved them.

Although these best films from the late 1980s did not leave as rich a legacy as other decades, the Academy did select some good, if not great, movies.

After five successful albums, Irish indie-rock mainstays Ash have decided to experiment with the way they release their music. The result is the innovative A-Z Series.

Paramount Home Video's Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipettes is a quickie re-release to capitalize on the revived franchise. 3/10

Dominick DiNapoli is in love -- with food! Can he have his cake and get the girl, too?

George Brett's best season was 1985, when he hit .335 with 112 runs batted in and a career-high 30 home runs.

Mommy Dearest was beaten black and blue on its original release back in the early 80's, so why is it such a fabulous film?

A success in volunteering, Pauline Mills McGibbon was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in 1974. Her focus was on the arts, theatre, culture and volunteering.

It's been 14 years and 357 days since the Phillies last played a World Series game. That's when Mitch Williams gave up the series-winning home run to Joe Carter.

To commemorate their 10,000th loss, here's a quick look at how the Philadelphia Phillies, the losing-est team in pro sports, got there.

Michael Jackson is the most famous and influential performer in modern music. He is also one of the most underrated artists, particularly as a singer and songwriter.

With the interstate system declared "finished" in the 1970s, and truck technology very well developed, America's roadways became the lifeline of the suburbs.

Mary Gaitskill, author of this grotesque and at the same time beautiful novel, has penned a major literary force.

Rapidly climbing the '80s pop music charts, bold voices of women soloists like Pat Benatar, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and Sade won over millions of fans worldwide.

Land reforms have gone through three distinct phases in Zimbabwe since 1980. These include the Constitutional, Transitional and the Radical phases.

Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns engaged in a war for the ages in their 1985 slugfest. "The Fight" as it was christened, exceeded all expectations.

More questions were raised than answered in Deadlock, the most recent episode of Battlestar Galactica.