| February 17, 1980 |
Wise Blood, directed and starring John Huston based on a novel by Flannery O'Connor is released
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Flannery O'Connor |
| March 4, 1980 |
12-year old Angel Lenair doesn't come home as expected. Her body is discovered on March 10. She may have been assaulted.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 11, 1980 |
10-year old Jeffrey Mathis disappears. By the time his body is found 11 months later it is impossible to determine the cause of death
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 11, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic Presidential Primary in Georgia; Ronald Reagan wins the Republican Primary |
| March 15, 1980 |
U. S. S. Carl Vinson is dedicated
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Carl Vinson, Father of the Two Ocean Navy
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| April 5, 1980 |
In what Entertainment Weekly called one of the top 100 rock events of all time, the Athens, Georgia based band R.E.M. makes its first appearance
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| May 18, 1980 |
Eric Middlebrooks vanishes. His body is found the next day.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| May 21, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter declares environmental state of emergency and orders the evacuation of residents of the Love Canal
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 29, 1980 |
Vernon Jordan is shot by racist Joseph Paul Franklin.
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Vernon Jordan |
| June 1, 1980 |
President Jimmy Carter visits Vernon Jordan in Fort Wayne, Indiana as Jordan is recovering from an attempted assassination.
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Jimmy Carter |
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Vernon Jordan |
| June 1, 1980 |
Ted Turner briefly introduces CNN (Cable News Network) from Atlanta. David Walker and Lois Hart then begin the first show.
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| June 9, 1980 |
Chris Richardson, 12, is missing, never returning after a trip to a nearby swimming pool.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 22, 1980 |
Latonya Wilson is taken from her home. She is the second girl missing.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| June 23, 1980 |
Aaron Wyche, 10, is added to the list of Atlanta Child Murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 5, 1980 |
Jimmy Carter takes reporters on a walking tour of Plains, Georgia |
| July 6, 1980 |
Anthony Carter, 9, vanishes while playing near his home. His body is recovered the next day, dead from multiple knife wounds.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| July 9, 1980 |
Schoolteacher William Hodges, 49, is killed at Truckstops of America in Valdosta
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A killer pays the price |
| July 10, 1980 |
David and Katie Hardin are murdered at a south Georgia rest stop on I-75 near Lenox
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A killer pays the price |
| July 13, 1980 |
Highest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta (105 degrees) and Macon (108 degrees)
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| July 26, 1980 |
MARTA's fare increases to $.50
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| July 28, 1980 |
Carl Issacs plans to escape, along with four other inmates. He is moved to a new "Death Row," foiling his attempt, but 4 other men succeed. Three are recaptured 4 days later in North Carolina, the fourth dead at the hands of his fellow escapees
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Alday family murders
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| August 14, 1980 |
Atlanta Police form a task force to investigate and analyze the evidence in the string of child murders that has occurred in the city
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| August 20, 1980 |
Clifford Jones, 13, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 14, 1980 |
Darren Glass, 11, is missing. His body is never found.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| September 21, 1980 |
Presidential candidates Ronald Reagan (Republican) and John Anderson (Independent) square off in a debate without President Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter |
| October 2, 1980 |
First Mom Lillian Carter falls and breaks her hip |
| October 9, 1980 |
Charles Stephens, 12, strangled.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| October 28, 1980 |
Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan square off in a televised debate.
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 1, 1980 |
Aaron Jackson, 9, reported missing. His body is found the following day, dead from asphyxiation
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 4, 1980 |
Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter to become President of the United States. Mack Mattingly defeats Senator Herman Talmadge to become the first Republican U. S. Senator since Reconstruction
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Jimmy Carter |
| November 6, 1980 |
The Attorney General directs the FBI to join the investigation of missing and murdered children in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| November 6, 1980 |
FBI asked to join manhunt for man killing children and young adults in Atlanta
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| November 6, 1980 |
Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge requests a recount in the U. S. Senate race |
