General Sporting Events
- Asian Games held in Teheran, Iran
- British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Central American and Caribbean Games held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- International Olympic Committee choose Moscow to host the 1980 Summer Olympics
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