Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants and enabled further encount…
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
Aeropesca Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount t…
Aeropesca Flight 221 crashes in Colombia's Huila Department, killing all 50 people on board.
Mohammad-Ali Rajai was an Iranian politician who served as the second president of Iran from 2 August 1981 until his assassination four weeks later. Before his presidency, Rajai ha…
President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing. The…
David Dacko was a Central African politician who served as the first President of the Central African Republic from 14 August 1960 to 31 December 1965 and as the third President of…
Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba.
John McFall is a British Paralympic sprinter, a surgeon, and the first disabled astronaut.
John McFall, English sprinter
Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing Wo…
Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw, formerly known as Caro Emerald and lately part of the music project The Jordan, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Act…
Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
Naomi Arleen McLean-Daley, better known as Ms. Dynamite, is a British singer and rapper. She is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two Brit Awards and three MOBO Awards.
Ms
Sandra Schmitt was a German freestyle skier. In 1998, she came 9th in the Women's Moguls contest at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She became the Women's Dual Moguls World Cha…
Sandra Schmitt, German skier (died 2000)
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described …
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for…
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp …
The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the De…
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the…
John Bull is a historic British-built steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, and became the oldest operable …
The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it…
Sandra Day O'Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by Pr…
Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
Jessica Marie Alba is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at age 19 for portraying Max Guevara, the lead character in the television series Dark Angel (2…
Jessica Alba, American model and actress
John Francis O'Shea is an Irish professional football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland men's national team. He was known for hi…
John O'Shea, Irish footballer
Kunal Nayyar is a British actor and philanthropist who gained recognition for playing Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019). He also voiced Vijay on th…
Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
A military exercise, training exercise, maneuver, manoeuvre, drill or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations. Military exercises are c…
During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing…
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force is the aviation branch of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. The present air force was created when the Imperial Iranian Air Force was rename…
An Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashes into a firing range near Kahrizak,…
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 was a flight by a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was operating an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6…
NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands,…
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011, following the E…
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
The Brink's Company is an American cash handling company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Its operations include cash-in-transit, ATM replenishment & maintenance, and cash man…
Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the…
Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb, commonly referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, is a Belarusian former professional footballer.
Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer
Wesley Carter Welker is an American professional football coach and former wide receiver who is an offensive assistant for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League…
Wes Welker, American football player and coach