Explore 1450 historical events from 1980–1989.
Taja Mohorčič is a retired Slovenian tennis player. On 25 February 2008, Mohorčič reached her best singles ranking of world number 957. On 26 November 2007, she peaked at world num…
Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
Marie-Michèle Gagnon is a Canadian former alpine ski racer.
Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number four; he was ranked world numbe…
Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player
Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square is a city square in the city centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden C…
The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation
Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsu…
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,00
Solidarity, full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity", is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subsequently, it …
Solidarity's victory in the 1989 Polish legislative election occurs, the first election since the Communist Polish Unite
The Ufa train disaster was a railway accident that occurred in the Iglinsky District of the Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union on 4 June 1989, killing 575 people and injuring 800 more. It …
Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks ne
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the 11th Panchen Lama belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, as recognized and announced by the 14th Dalai Lama on 14 May 1995. Three days lat…
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama
Melvin Ingram III is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina G…
Melvin Ingram, American football player
Kang Dae-sung, better known mononymously as Daesung and his Japanese stage name D-Lite, is a South Korean singer who made his musical debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean …
Kang Daesung, South Korean singer
Lars Bender is a German professional football coach and former player who played as a right-back or defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager of Regionalliga Bayern club Wa…
Lars Bender, German footballer
Sven Bender is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He is currently the manager of Regionalliga club SpVgg Unterhaching. He …
Sven Bender, German footballer
Karl Emil Salomonsson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
Kim Sung-kyu, referred to as Sunggyu or Sungkyu, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is the leader and main vocalist of South Korean boy band Infinite.
Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
Candace Amber Owens Farmer is an American political commentator, author, and conspiracy theorist. Her political positions have mostly been described as conservative or far-right. S…
Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist
Domagoj Vida is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club AEK Athens. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly…
Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer
Jang Woo-young, better known mononymously as Wooyoung, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. In 2008, he debuted as a member of 2PM, a boy band currently managed…
Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor
Victoria Monét McCants is an American singer-songwriter. First gaining recognition for her songwriting work, Monét pursued a recording career with the release of a series of extend…
Victoria Monét, American singer-songwriter
Jesse Bromwich is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Dolphins in the National Rugby League (NRL), who he also captained.
Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
Katinka Hosszú is a Hungarian former competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. S…
Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer
Rory Daniel McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking and …
Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
James van Riemsdyk, often known by his initials JVR, is an American professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL…
James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
Christopher Maurice Brown is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. A pop and hip-hop influenced R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "K…
Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
Agnes Ellinor Knochenhauer is a Swedish curler from Stockholm. She currently plays second on Team Anna Hasselborg. With Hasselborg, Knochenhauer has won three Olympic medals, gold …
Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler