Explore 5095 historical events from 1980–1989.
Judy Canova, born Juliette Canova, was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality who appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own eponymous network ra…
Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (born 1913)
Joan Violet Robinson was a British economist known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. One of the most prominent economists of the century, Robinson incarnated t…
Joan Robinson, English economist and author (born 1903)
Klaus Sperber, known professionally as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor and baritone noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona.
Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (born 1944)
Theodor Burchardi was an Admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. He was responsible…
Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (born 1892)
Howard Earl Averill, nicknamed "the Rock", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1929 to 1941, including 1…
Earl Averill, American baseball player (born 1902)
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable English-language songs of the 20th c…
Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (born 1896)
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German-British historian who specialised in the areas of art and architecture. He is best known for his monumental 46-volume series of coun…
Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (born 1902)
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…
Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932)
Kalevi Kotkas was an Estonian-born Finnish athlete, specializing in high jump, discus throw and shot put. He became the first ever European champion in high jump, in 1934 in Turin,…
Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (born 1913)
Scott Nearing was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, pacifist, vegetarian and advocate of simple living. In 1915, he was dismissed from a teaching…
Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (born 1883)
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold…
Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (born 1912)
Lawrence Patton McDonald was an American physician, politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a De…
Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (born 1935)
Feriha "Feri" Cansel was a Turkish Cypriot actress.
Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (born 1944)
Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normal…
Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)
Meng Qingshu, also known as Roza Vladimirovna Osetrova was a Chinese politician, member of the 28 Bolsheviks and wife of the Chinese Communist Party active leader, Wang Ming.
Meng Qingshu, Chinese politician (born 1911)
Tamurbek Dawletschin was a Soviet writer and intellectual, best known for publishing one of the few memoirs by a Soviet prisoner of war held by Germany during World War II.
Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)
Antonin Magne was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1931 and 1934. He raced as a professional from 1927 to 1939 and then became a team manager. The French rider and th…
Antonin Magne, French cyclist (born 1904)
Felix Bloch was a Swiss–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnet…
Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
Norah Ethel Lofts was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books. Although specializing in hi…
Norah Lofts, English author (born 1904)
Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normal…
Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (born 1941)
Balthazar Johannes Vorster was a South African politician who served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth State President of South Africa from 197…
B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (born 1915)
Brian Vinrace Lawrance was an Australian singer and violinist who led his own British dance band in the 1930s. Known for regular broadcasts with Fred Hartley and his Quintet, Lawra…
Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)
Prince Far I was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Man…
Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (born 1944)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros was a Portuguese-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. Me…
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (born 1915)