Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Ariel Geltman Graynor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Sopranos (2001), Fringe (2009–2010), Bad Teacher (2014), I'm Dying Up Her…
Ari Graynor, American actress and producer
Joshua Brookes is a professional road racer of motorcycles with experience of Superbike and Supersport racing, both domestically and internationally. For 2023, Brookes joined FHO R…
Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
Roger Johnson is an English football manager and retired footballer who was most recently manager at Brackley Town.
Roger Johnson, English footballer
Thomas Waldrom is a former rugby union player who played for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership and represented England from 2012 to 2014. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, he…
Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
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…
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…
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
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…
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east,…
Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned…
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, is an island country located in the Caribbean cons…
Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
Gulf Air Flight 771 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab…
Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board.
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
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
The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proo…
Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze…