19051980

19051980 is a numeric date used in written records to denote 19 May 1980. In many parts of the world, the sequence 19051980 is read as a date in day-month-year or year-month-day formats, and it may appear in archives, databases, or file naming systems as a timestamp or identifier.

Historically, the date sits within the timeline of the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea. The uprising began on May 18, 1980, in the city of Gwangju as protests against the ruling military government of Chun Doo-hwan escalated. By May 19, security forces intensified their crackdown, and clashes with civilians occurred, drawing national and international attention and becoming a focal point in South Korea’s broader democratic movement.

In archival practice, 19051980 may appear as a filename, catalog entry, or metadata tag associated with records from or about May 1980. As an isolated numeric identifier, it requires contextual information to prevent confusion with other items that reference nearby dates or different spelling conventions.

The date continues to be of interest to historians and researchers studying late 20th-century Korean politics, civil resistance, and the historical memory surrounding the Gwangju Uprising.