Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Collins Omondi Obuya is a former Kenyan cricketer and captain of the Kenyan cricket team. An allrounder, Obuya bats right-handed and bowls leg spin. He came to prominence in the 20…
Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
Dashiell Alexander Whitney Snow was an American artist based in New York City. Snow's photographs included scenes of sex, drugs, violence, and the art world; his work often depicte…
Dash Snow, American painter and photographer (died 2009)
Christopher Weselek is a rugby coach and retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national r…
Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Premier League club Manchester United. He is best known for his 12-ye…
Michael Carrick, English footballer and coach
Andrés David Madrid is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and is a current manager.
Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
Troy Perkins is an American former soccer player. During his career, he played for clubs in the United States, Canada, and Norway. The 2006 Major League Soccer Goalkeeper of the Ye…
Troy Perkins, American soccer player
Nicholas Patrick Hayden, nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles …
Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (died 2017)
Juanne Hugo Smith is a South African former professional rugby union player who represented South Africa in international test rugby, the Cheetahs in the Super Rugby competition, a…
Juan Smith, South African rugby union footballer
Indrek Turi is a retired Estonian decathlete. His coach is Andrei Nazarov.
Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete
William Julius Green is an American professional basketball coach and former player who currently is an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Associat…
Willie Green, American basketball player and coach
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 200…
Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
Hope Amelia Stevens is an American former soccer goalkeeper who represented the United States from 2000 to 2016. She is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Aft…
Hope Solo, American soccer player
Josep Pla i Casadevall was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, from where he wrote politi…
Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (born 1897)
Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, a role…
Jim Davis, American actor (born 1909)
Nargis Dutt, known mononymously as Nargis, was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema…
Nargis, Indian actress (born 1929)
Chelliah Loganathan was a Ceylon Tamil banker and the first Ceylonese general manager of the Bank of Ceylon.
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Robert Gerard Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to pl…
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)
Uri Zvi Greenberg was an Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (born 1896)
Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (born 1909)
Rolf Just Nilsen was a Norwegian singer, impressionist and actor. He was particularly known for his imitations of famous comedians at the time. He worked for the theatres Studiot…
Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (born 1931)
Odd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, and was renowned f…
Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
Francis Joseph Sean Hughes was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Nor…
Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (born 1956)
Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, second President of Singapore (born 1907)