What happened with running shoes in 1980?
Peter Cavanagh PhD book ‘The Running Shoe Book‘ is published
Bill Rodgers wins the Boston Marathon in a pair of KangaROOS running shoes in 2:12:11.
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Kevin Kirby DPM finishes second in the Sacramento marathon:
What else happened in 1980?
The Rubik’s Cube makes its international debut at The British Toy and Hobby Fair held at Earl’s Court in London on January 29.
The 1980 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York on February 13.
Six Iranian terrorists take over the Iranian embassy in London, England on April 30. The SAS retakes the Embassy on May 5 killinmg all but one of the terrorists.
The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow from July 19 to August 3. 82 countries boycott the games.
Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia on August 7, reportedly taken by a dingo.
Terry Fox is forced to end his Marathon of Hope run on September 1 outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario, after he learns that the cancer has spread to his lungs.
John Lennon is murdered on December 8 by Mark Chapman in New York.
Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell are awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes.
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