Explore 5094 historical events from 1980–1989.
The Jahrhundertring was a production of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976. The production was a centennial cele…
The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.
On August 26–27, 1980, several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort …
After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI…
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
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
The Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland runs from Göschenen in the canton of Uri at its northern portal, to Airolo in Ticino to the south, and is 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) in lengt…
The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi)…
The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 is the fundamental law in force in Chile. It was approved and promulgated under the military dictatorship headed by Augu…
A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is…
The Gdańsk Shipyard is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk, northern Poland. The yard gained international fame when Polish trade union Solidarity was founded th…
After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is…
Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan politician, military officer, hydraulic engineer, and dictator who served as the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 a…
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used a…
A fuel leak from a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile at a USAF base near Damascus, Arkansas, results in an…
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
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
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