Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Owen Lattimore was an American Orientalist and writer. He was an influential scholar of China and Central Asia, especially Mongolia. Although he never earned a college degree, in t…
Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (born 1900)
Aurelio Lampredi was an Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer.
Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (born 1917)
Edward Lambert à Beckett was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1928 and 1931. He played in 47 first-class matches for Victoria.
Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1907)
Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of …
Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900)
Richard Arthur Allan Browne was an American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing Hägar the Horrible and Hi and Lois.
Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)
George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes i…
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Leslie Bruce Hamilton was an Australian senior public servant and head of the Department of Social Services between 1966 and 1973.
Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
Frances Helen Allison was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer.
Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (born 1907)
Maurice Bellemare, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. …
Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Bes…
Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
Elisabet "Betti" Alver, was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school …
Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (born 1906)
Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the G…
Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (born 1903)
Howard Charles Green was a Canadian federal politician.
Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Proble…
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Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparai…
Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (born 1898)
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Su…
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebe…
Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (born 1913)
János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to hi…
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (born 1912)
Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over sixty years. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is widely regarded as…
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (born 1908)
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male acto…
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He notably played in England, France, and Spain, where he became the first-ever English play…
Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (born 1956)
The Reverend Alfred Itubwa Amram was a Nauruan pastor and political figure.
Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (born 1922)
Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat, was President of Poland-in-exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (born 1913)