In the United States, the film actor Ronald Reagan, from 1967 to 1975 Governor of California, wins the presidential election for the Republicans over Democrat Jimmy Carter.
9-19 November
1980
"Decade of Peace" of Protestant youth in the GDR, which takes place decentrally under the motto "Make peace without weapons".
11 November
1980
Start of the second CSCE follow-up meeting in Madrid.
12 November
1980
A memorandum by the SED Politburo member Werner Krolikowski, probably meant for Soviet diplomatic channels, states that Central Committee economics secretary Günter Mittag is willing "to help out EH [Author’s note: Erich Honecker] in any dirty business. (…)more
Representatives of the "Greens", the DKP (German Communist Party), church and union groups and members of the SPD issue the "Krefeld Appeal", in which the West German government is called upon to withdraw its agreement to allow the stationing of American medium-range missiles.more
24 November
1980
A strictly confidential report by the State Security on the economic situation of the GDR concludes that decisive measures are needed to overcome the crisis.more