Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Reid Turner Blackburn was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vanco…
Victims of Mount St
Ian Kevin Curtis was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead vocalist, songwriter, and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the …
Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (born 1956)
Joseph Schull was a Canadian playwright and historian who wrote more than two dozen books and 200 plays for radio and television.
Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (born 1906)
Gün Sazak was a Turkish nationalist politician and former government minister of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). He was assassinated by the Revolutionary People's Liberation …
Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)
Rolf Herman Nevanlinna was a Finnish mathematician who made significant contributions to complex analysis. He is the namesake of Nevanlinna theory for meromorphic functions.
Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (born 1895)
Carl Dean Radle was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. Radle is best remembered for his wo…
Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (born 1942)
Arthur Charles Nielsen Sr. was an American businessman, electrical engineer and market research analyst who created and tracked the Nielsen ratings for television as founder of the…
Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (born 1897)
Elizabeth Josephine Craig, MBE, FRSA was a Scottish journalist, home economist and a notable author on cookery.
Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and economist (born 1883)
Philip Guston was a Canadian and American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formall…
Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (born 1913)
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that…
Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (born 1891)
Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur known for British holiday camps. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin…
Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899)
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (born 1910)
Hugh Milburn Stone was an American actor, best known for his role as "Doc" in the Western series Gunsmoke.
Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904)
Walter Anthony Rodney was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassi…
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (born 1942)
Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as we…
Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1939)
Terence Fisher was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films.
Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (born 1904)
André Leducq was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Rou…
André Leducq, French cyclist (born 1904)
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-orientated records and wrote the music …
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (born 1923)
Joseph Cohen (1889–1980) was a solicitor and property developer in Birmingham, England, and was chairman and managing director of the Jacey Cinemas chain. He was also a prominent f…
Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (born 1889)
Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi.
Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (born 1946)
Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the…
Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (born 1904)
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman, activist, and diplomat who served as the president of India from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as …
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José Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and actor.
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (born 1895)
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administra…
Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (born 1903)