page_title: April 1980
section_title: April 18, 1980 (Friday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1980 / April 18, 1980 (Friday)
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: President Zimbabwe , Robert Mugabe bezoekt Nederland; Robert Mugabe , kop Datum&#160;: 2 juni 1982 Trefwoorden&#160;: presidenten Persoonsnaam&#160;: Mugabe, Robert Fotograaf&#160;: Dijk, Hans van / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 932-1922
context_page_description: The following events happened in April 1980:
context_section_description: Zimbabwe, formerly the white-minority ruled nation of Rhodesia, was granted independence from the United Kingdom.  Robert Mugabe became the nation's Prime Minister.
  The Iranian Cultural Revolution began with an attack on the Teachers' Training College in Tehran, hours after the Ayatollah Khomeini's speech warning of the danger of "Western universities".  In the days that followed, Khomeini's supporters staged attacks as the universities in Shiraz, Mashad, Isfahan, Ahwaz and Rasht.   All universities in Iran were ordered closed on June 12.
  The rare cactus species Mammillaria berkiana was discovered by biologist Alfred Bernhard Lau near the village of San Andrés Cohamiata in Mexico's Jalisco state.  By 1994 only 5,000 would be left and only 100 by the end of the century.
  Bulgarian serial killer and rapist Hristo Georgiev was arrested at Sofia after having killed at least five people since 1974.  On August 28, Georgiev was executed by a firing squad.
  The government of Puerto Rico, which had its own Olympic team despite being a Commonwealth within the United States, announced that it would compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, despite the boycott by the U.S.; the Puerto Rican team members became the only U.S. citizens to participate in the Olympics in 1980.
  Born: 
  Brenda Villa, American water polo player and gold medalist in the Olympics (2012), World Championships (2003-2009), and the FINA World League competition (2004-2012); in Los Angeles
  Justin Amash, U.S. Congressman since 2011 for Michigan and Palestinian Christian; in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Died: Antonio Caponigro, 68, Mafia consigliere who had planned the March 21 murder of Philadelphia crime boss Angelo Bruno, was killed along with his brother-in-law Alfred Salerno after being summoned before The Commission in New York City for an unauthorized murder.
caption: Prime Minister Mugabe
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