Explore 5095 historical events from 1980–1989.
On 16 July 1983, British Airways Helicopters Flight 5918, a British Airways Helicopters commercial Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, Oscar November (G-BEON), crashed in the southern Celtic…
Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back to…
Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Black July was an anti-Tamil pogrom that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. The pogrom was premeditated, and was finally triggered by a deadly ambush on a Sri Lankan Army patr…
The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as…
Black July was an anti-Tamil pogrom that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. The pogrom was premeditated, and was finally triggered by a deadly ambush on a Sri Lankan Army patr…
Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by…
Black July was an anti-Tamil pogrom that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. The pogrom was premeditated, and was finally triggered by a deadly ambush on a Sri Lankan Army patr…
Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by…
Megan Boone is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as FBI agent and profiler Elizabeth Keen on the first eight seasons (2013–2021) of the drama series …
Megan Boone, American actress
Jay Christopher Cutler is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. A member of the Chicago Bears for mo…
Jay Cutler, American football player
Samuel L. Jones III is an American actor. He is best known for playing Pete Ross on the first three seasons(2001-2003) of the Superman television series Smallville, Willie Worsley …
Sam Jones III, American actor
Jean-Baptiste Philippe Ouédraogo, also referred to by his initials JBO, is a Burkinabé physician and retired military officer who served as President of Upper Volta from 8 November…
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état…
Hurricane Alicia was a small but powerful tropical cyclone that caused significant destruction in the Greater Houston area of Southeast Texas in August 1983. Although Alicia was a …
Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
Benigno Simeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was a Filipino politician and journalist who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac (1963–1967…
Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy…
Aeroflot Flight 5463 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Chelyabinsk to Almaty which crashed on 30 August 1983 while approaching Almaty. The Tupolev Tu-134A collided with t…
Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day…
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on August 30, 1983, and landed on September 5, 1983, conducting th…
STS-8: The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. Guion Bluford becomes…
Charles Christopher Carr is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback, punt returner, and kick returner in the National Football League (NFL). He was sig…
Chris Carr, American football player
Tatjana Hüfner is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.
Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
Marina Tomić is a Slovenian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.
Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
Troy Williamson is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Minnesota …
Troy Williamson, American football player
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into…
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it…
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company. The company operates in 35 countries and serves more than 70 million customers worldwide. It is a sys…
A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los…
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines…
Alain Bernard is a French former swimmer from Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône.
Alain Bernard, French swimmer
Park Hae-jin is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in dramas My Love from the Star (2013) and Doctor Stranger (2014), and his leading roles in Bad Guys…
Park Hae-jin, South Korean actor
Craig Williams, better known by his ring name, Human Tornado, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. His character was that of a 1970s blaxploitation street pimp.
Craig Williams, American wrestler