Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Sharia, also transliterated as Sharī'ah, Shari'a, or Shariah, is a body of religious law that form the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and h…
Institution of sharia law in Iran.
The 1980 State of Origin game was the first game between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues rugby league teams to be played under "state of origin" selection rule…
The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
Quincy Zuma Wambitta Timberlake is a Kenyan political activist, occultist, and former presidential candidate, now resident in Australia. Along with Esther Arunga and Joseph Hellon,…
Quincy Timberlake, Kenyan-Australian activist, engineer, and politician
Nicole den Dulk is a Paralympic equestrian.
Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1998, he was a three-time Armenian champion. Asrian was a member of the gold medal-winning Ar…
Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (died 2008)
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling …
Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980. The aircraft had reached an altitu…
Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day…
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The g…
Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
The Quietly Confident Quartet was the self-given name of the Australian men's 4 × 100 metres medley relay swimming team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Mosco…
The Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia wins the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only…
Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait in The Bill, Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and …
Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host
Jordana Brewster is an American actress. She made her acting debut, three weeks after turning 15, in an episode of All My Children in 1995 and next took on the recurring role as Ni…
Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
Marlon Francis King is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Marlon King, English footballer
Anna Maria Mucha is a Polish actress. She is best known to Western audiences as Danka Dresner in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List. In Poland, she is known for her regu…
Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
Channing Matthew Tatum is an American actor and film producer. He made his film debut in the drama Coach Carter (2005), and had his breakthrough with the sports comedy film She's t…
Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Her career-high ranking is No. 19, which she achieved on 17 December 2007.
Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
Christian Rolando Lara Anangonó, nicknamed Diablito, is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a left winger. His last club was Sociedad Atlética Sancor, a team competing in…
Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins is an English former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the trac…
Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist
Mathieu Biron is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring as a hockey player, he became a fire…
Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
Sarah Brianne Blair is a Canadian actress. She has played Stacey in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club and Jessie West in the 2016 television drama series Game of Silence.
Bre Blair, Canadian actress
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine former basketball player and the chief executive officer for the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) team Pallacanestro Varese. A three-time…
Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
Jeroen Verhoeven is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for RKC Waalwijk, FC Volendam, AFC Ajax and FC Utrecht in the span of his 17-year career as a …
Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
Jan Heylen is a Belgian racing driver, based out of Tampa, Florida.
Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
James Lee Lindsey Jr., known professionally as Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was signed to Matador Records. He released recordings as a solo art…
Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)