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1980

World History

Beatle John Lennon shot in New York.

Mount St. Helens erupts, blast is 500 times greater than Hiroshima A-Bomb.

U.S. boycotts Olympic games in Moscow.

Churchill Downs History

A 15-year program of physical improvements, amounting to over $10 million, nears completion. The improvements include new Skye Terraces, press box, jockey quarters, 12 new barns, fire-resistant tack rooms, sprinkling systems in all barns, recreation building, restroom facilities and steel, fireproof stairways in the grandstand and clubhouse.

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