November 6, 1980
That fall of 1980, gas ran $1.19 a gallon and Carter was in the White House — the Iranian hostage crisis was still grinding through its second year, with diplomatic back-channels active and Reagan's landslide victory in November signaling a sharp turn in the country's political direction. On the radio, Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" was the number-one song in the country, and at the movies, audiences were turning out in large numbers for "Private Benjamin," the Goldie Hawn comedy that would go on to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series championship that October by defeating the Kansas City Royals, and in November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft made its closest pass of Saturn, flying within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud tops and transmitting the first detailed, high-resolution images of Saturn and its rings back to scientists on Earth.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 6, 1980
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 6, 1980
A Turning Point Seen; Republicans Call Election Watershed--Look To Party Realignment Hopes For G.O.P. Coalition Prospects For New Mandate Reagan And G.O.P. Leaders Buoyed By Rightward Swing News Conference Set Today Long-Term Trend Discerned Impact Of Hostage Issue Warning By Senator Byrd
Triumphant Reagan Starting Transition To The White House; Executive Team Is Appointed But Victor Says He Won'T Intrude In Hostage Talks, Stressing Carter Is Still President Wide Range Of Questions Reagan Starts White House Transition Would Not Delay On Hostages Firm On Campaign Platform
Carter Post-Mortem: Debate Hurt But Wasn'T Only Cause For Defeat; The Economy, 'Rose Garden Strategy' And Blunder On United Nations Vote Among Many Issues Cited Carter Post-Mortem: Debate Was One Of Many Problems 'Rose Garden Strategy' War And Peace U.N. Vote On Israel The 'Meanness' Issue Billy Carter Absence Of Vision Keeping 'Real Events' Out
Warsaw And Unions Fail To End Dispute On Statute Wording; Court To Decide Issue Today Labor Leaders Affirm Intention To Strike If 'Party' Clause Stays --Signs Of Tension Grow Journalists Turned Away Push Nation Into Revolution Warsaw And Labor Leaders Confer But Fail To Resolve Charter Dispute Concern About Open Clash 'Forces Alien To Our System'
World Events — November 1980
Time Person of the Year — 1980
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 6, 1980
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1980–81 Season
Emmy Winners — 1980
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 6, 1980
Ebert 4-Star Films — November 6, 1980
On the field
Sports Champions — November 6, 1980
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