Explore 5095 historical events from 1980–1989.
Spantax Flight 995 was an international charter flight from Madrid–Barajas Airport to New York via Málaga Airport. On 13 September 1982, when the DC-10 aircraft was rolling for tak…
Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and …
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
Scott Elliott Fahlman is an American computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute and Computer Science Department. He i…
Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd regular season of the National Football League. A 57-day-long players' strike reduced the 1982 season from a 16-game schedule per team to an abbrev…
NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
Antonio Cruz, known professionally as Tony Sunshine, is an American R&B singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known as a member of Fat Joe's hip hop group Terror Squad in the …
Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed "The Beast", he was renowned for his huge physical prowess and goalscoring …
Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer
Larry Alexander Nacua Fonacier is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He previously served as the team manager for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball…
Larry Fonacier, Filipino basketball player
Oguchialu Chijioke Onyewu is an American former soccer player who is the Vice President of Sporting for the United States Soccer Federation. He was previously the sporting director…
Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
Veronica Campbell Brown is a Jamaican retired track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women…
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
Kelly Brianne, known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the first season of American Idol…
Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host
Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame was an English television personality and author. She was a contestant on the seventh series of the reality show Big Brother in 2006, which she finished…
Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist (died 2021)
Brian Joseph McCook, known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova or Katya, is an American drag queen, actor, author, recording artist, podcaster, and comedian. Kat…
Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen
Christopher Jason Witten is an American football coach and former player who is currently the tight ends coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. He played as a tight end in the National Fo…
Jason Witten, American football player
Segundo Alejandro Castillo Nazareno is an Ecuadorian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the manager of Barcelona SC.
Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
Rafael Jerome Pérez is a Dominican former left-handed professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2006 to 2012, an…
Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
Layal Mounir Abboud is a Lebanese pop singer, folk music entertainer, sound-lyric poet, concert dancer, fit model and Muslim humanitarian.
Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
Daniel Mark Hardy is an English former mixed martial artist who fought in the welterweight division. During his professional MMA career, which began in 2004, Hardy fought in multip…
Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist
Reiko Nakamura is a Japanese Olympic and Asian record-holding swimmer.
Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
Chloe Rebecca Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North from 2009 to 2024. She previously served as Secretary o…
Chloe Smith, English politician
Jason Roy Brown is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career at Gillingham where he made over 100 appearances, before joining up with Premier…
Jason Brown, English footballer
Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 106 in singles and 54 in doubles.
Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
Matthew Brennan Cassel is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He was a member of seven NFL teams, …
Matt Cassel, American football player
William Anthony Parker Jr. is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Élite and the EuroLeague. The son of a basketball …
Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
Łukasz Kubot is a former Polish professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player