Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. The Spectrum played a pivotal role in the history of personal computers and video games, espe…
The ZX Spectrum (pictured), Britain's best-selling microcomputer, was released
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from…
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the succes
The Coppergate Helmet is an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet found in York, England. It was discovered in May 1982 during excavations for the Jorvik Viking Centre at the bottom of…
The Coppergate Helmet (pictured), the best preserved of the six known Anglo-Saxon helmets, was discovered
Juan María Fernández y Krohn is a Spanish journalist, lawyer, and traditionalist Catholic former priest who attempted to assassinate of Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II with a bayonet in Fátima, Portugal
Shlomo Argov was an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, whose attempted assassination led to the 1982 Lebanon War.
A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, triggering an Isr
Ánanda Márga, or officially Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha, is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in Jamalpur, Munger, Bihar, India, in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar,…
Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (pictured), the only ship ever to have been del
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days lat
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: The British War Cabinet, which never considered using nuclear weapons in the conflict, ordered that the n
Michael Fagan is a British citizen who intruded into Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
A British man named Michael Fagan broke into Buckingham Palace and entered Queen Elizabeth II's bedroom when she was…
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire i
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the F
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlan
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and …
Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses i
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands a…
Falklands War: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher announced that white flags were flying over Port Stanley, in adv
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide was the first major conference in the field of genocide studies, held in Tel Aviv on 20–24 June 1982. It was organized by…
The International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, the first major conference in genocide studies, opened despi
Vincent Jen Chin was an American draftsman of Chinese descent who was killed in a racially motivated assault by two white men, Chrysler plant supervisor Ronald Ebens and his stepso…
Chinese American Vincent Chin died after being beaten into a coma in Highland Park, Michigan, U
Three Iranian diplomats as well as a reporter for Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) were abducted in Lebanon on 4 July 1982. None of them have been seen since. The missing indivi…
Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange…
The Italy national football team has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federa…
Italy defeated West Germany 3–1 to win their third FIFA World Cup title.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, officially known as the Irish Republican Army and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to e…
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London, killing…
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow …
A helicopter crashed during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, killing actor Vic Morrow…
Michael R. Harrison served as division chief in pediatric surgery at the Children's Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for over 20 years, where he estab…
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Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish former hitman for Grey Wolves. On 1 February 1979, he murdered journalist Abdi İpekçi, known for his leftist views, and was imprisoned, but escaped. He…
Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St
The Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engined, four-seat, mid-wing electronic-warfare aircraft. Operated by both the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy betwee…
An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 other