Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Joshua Jay is an American magician, author, and lecturer. He has performed in over 100 countries and was awarded top prize at the World Magic Seminar in 1998. He worked with Penn a…
Joshua Jay, American magician and author
Ayaka Tanihara , born Ayaka Kimura October 30, 1981 and known professionally as Ayaka Nagate , is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 1998 to 2008, Nagate was part of Hello…
Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
Shaun Sipos is a Canadian actor, known for playing Jack on the series Complete Savages (2004–2005), David Breck on Melrose Place (2009–2010), Eric Daniels on Life Unexpected (2010–…
Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
Wang Ji-hyun, known professionally as Jun Ji-hyun (전지현) and Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She rose to fame with her role in the romantic comedy film My Sassy Gir…
Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress
Ian Dante Snell is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners. From 200…
Ian Snell, American baseball player
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump.…
Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
Josep Pla i Casadevall was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, from where he wrote politi…
Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (born 1897)
Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, a role…
Jim Davis, American actor (born 1909)
Nargis Dutt, known mononymously as Nargis, was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema…
Nargis, Indian actress (born 1929)
Chelliah Loganathan was a Ceylon Tamil banker and the first Ceylonese general manager of the Bank of Ceylon.
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Robert Gerard Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to pl…
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)
Uri Zvi Greenberg was an Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (born 1896)
Nelson Algren was an American writer. His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.
Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (born 1909)
Rolf Just Nilsen was a Norwegian singer, impressionist and actor. He was particularly known for his imitations of famous comedians at the time. He worked for the theatres Studiot…
Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (born 1931)
Odd Hassel was a Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Francis Joseph Sean Hughes was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Nor…
Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (born 1956)
Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, and was renowned f…
Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)
Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981.
Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, second President of Singapore (born 1907)
Francis Joseph Sean Hughes was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Nor…
Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (born 1956)
Arthur Joseph O'Connell was an American stage, film and television actor, who achieved prominence in character roles in the 1950s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best S…
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (born 1908)
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer of Armenian descent. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy A…
William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (born 1908)
Ernest Aaron Freeman was an American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop records from the 1950s t…
Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1922)
Willy Hartner was a German scientist and polymath. He studied at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, where he obtained his PhD in physics in 1928 and where he later served as pro…
Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (born 1905)
Raymond McCreesh was an Irish volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). In 1976, he and two other IRA volunteers were captured while att…
Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (born 1957)