Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Stanisław Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films have reached cult status in Poland.
Stanisław Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Marguerite de Angeli was an American writer and illustrator of children's books including the 1950 Newbery Award winning book The Door in the Wall. She wrote and illustrated twenty…
Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (born 1889)
Richard Dalton Howser was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager who was best known as the manager of the Kansas City Royals during the 1980s and for guidi…
Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1936)
Margaret Carver Leighton was an American children's author.
Margaret Carver Leighton, American author (born 1896)
Earl William "Madman" Muntz was an American businessman and engineer who sold and promoted cars and consumer electronics in the United States from the 1930s until his death in 1987…
Madman Muntz, American engineer and businessman, founded the Muntz Car Company (born 1914)
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as t…
Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (born 1899)
Herbert John Gleason, known as Jackie Gleason, was an American comedian, actor, writer, and composer also known as "The Great One".
Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1916)
Ellen Aleksandra Stenberg was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) an…
Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (born 1903)
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin was a Dutch-born classical pianist of Franco-Dutch parentage, noted for her performances of French music. She studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Co…
Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (born 1902)
Lionel Chevrier was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.
Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1903)
Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (born 1896)
John Henry Hammond Jr. was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. As a talent scout, Hammond became one of t…
John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (born 1910)
Avi Ran was a goalkeeper at the Israeli football club Maccabi Haifa. Widely considered one of the greatest football players in Israel, he had a promising future which was cut short…
Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (born 1963)
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman was a Russian-born American Talmudic scholar and rabbi who founded and served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (born 1901)
Gilberto de Mello Freyre was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important so…
Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (born…
Richard Egan was an American actor. After beginning his career in 1949, he subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for his performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The …
Richard Egan, American soldier and actor (born 1921)
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay was a Turkish politician, civil servant, professor ordinarius and physician. He served as government minister, and is well known for his long-term position as…
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1900)
Travis Calvin Jackson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He played for the New York Giants from 1922 through 1936, winning the 1933 World Series, and representi…
Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1903)
John Brophy Renshaw was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965. He was the first New South Wales Premier born in the 20…
Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (born 1909)
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay was an Indian Bengali language author.
Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1894)
The Simpson family are the titular main characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. The Simpsons are a nuclear, dysfunctional family consisting of married c…
The fictional Simpson family made their first appearance in the short "Good Night", aired in a segment of the The Tracey
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps. The…
A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Irelan
The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the U.S. frigate USS Stark. A t…
An Iraqi jet fired two Exocet missiles at the American frigate USS Stark, killing 37 personnel and injuring 21 others
Religious violence in India includes acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of another religious group, often in the form of ri…
During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Mus