February 1980

Saturday 02:

1980 - Founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey.

Monday 04:

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

Thursday 14:

Walter Cronkite announces his retirement from CBS Evening News.

Friday 15:

Television One and Television Two (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time

Friday 22:

The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".

Saturday 23:

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.