Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Michael Joseph "Ozzie" Myers is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1976 to 1980. A member of the Democratic Party, Myers became in…
Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI …
Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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
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
The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred on October 10 at 13:25:23 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The shock occurred in the…
The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in the February 8 House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 10 to 14 October 1980. The congress is the highest…
The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as…
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an expeditious method to return a ch…
Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general and politician who served as the fifth President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. A member of the military, he ruled the country as a…
The Chun Doo-hwan government forcibly arrests and investigates monks and personnel of the Jogye Order.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American, four-engined, turboprop, military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs an…
Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at…
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
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a sovereign nation in Central America. Situated along the Pacific coast, it is bounded by Guatemala to the northwest and Hon…
El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International…
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
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
James Lee Lindsey Jr., known professionally as Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was signed to Matador Records. He released recordings as a solo art…
Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
Tim Borowski is a German football manager and former player.
Tim Borowski, German footballer
Elizabeth Claire Kemper is an American actress and comedian, best known for her roles of Erin Hannon in the sitcom The Office (2009–2013) and Kimmy Schmidt in the sitcom Unbreakabl…
Ellie Kemper, American actress, comedian and writer
Zatyiah Knight is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Zat Knight, English footballer