Cartoons from the year 1980.

January

• 2nd, The aluminium bat affair.

    Keywords: Cricket
• 3rd, Afghanistan troubles continue.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Afghanistan
• 4th, The aluminium bat affair continues.

    Keywords: Cricket
• 23rd, The first round.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Afghanistan
• 24th, Frustration...

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Tehran US Embassy Hostages, Iran

February

• 13th, More talk of boycotts.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Leonid Brezhnev, Afghanistan
• 25th, Moscow Games to proceed.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Leonid Brezhnev, Afghanistan

April

• 8th, Out of gas.

    Keywords: Fidel Castro, Cuba, Soviet Union, Peru, Mariel Boatlift
• 18th, Peaceful solutions.

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Robert Mugabe, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Zimbabwe
• 24th, ANZAC Day.

    Keywords: ANZAC Day, Moscow Olympics, Adolf Hitler

May

• 6th, Gathering a harvest...

    Keywords: Leonid Brezhnev

June

• 17th, Then again...

    Keywords: Afghanistan, USSR, Australian Olympic Federation, The Olympic Games
• 24th, Getting a crowd!

    Keywords: Afghanistan, USSR, The Olympic Games

July

• 21st, The Moscow Olympics.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Mishka, The World
• 22nd, Moscow boycott over human rights.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games
• 25th, Water wings...

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, Swimming
• 28th, The lack of Gold.

    Keywords: The Olympic Games, Mishka, Moscow, Gold Prospecting

August

• 4th, In the USSR the Olympic games are over.

    Keywords: Leonid Brezhnev, Mishka, The Olympic Games
• 15th, Adding some weight.

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Edward Kennedy
• 19th, Stolen thunder.

    Keywords: Laurie Oakes, Australian Federal Budget, Malcolm Fraser, John Howard
• 22nd, Onward!

    Keywords: Malcolm Fraser, John Howard

November

• 3rd, Presidential race starts with horse scratching.

    Keywords: The Melbourne Cup, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter
• 5th, Picking a winner.

    Keywords: Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Robert Sangster, Colin Hayes
• 6th, Ronald Reagan becomes US President.

    Keywords: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan

December

• 17th, The Lonie Report.

    Keywords: Lonie Report, Rupert Hamer, Public Transport, OPEC

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