Explore 5094 historical events from 1980–1989.
Taylor Chorney is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he played parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonto…
Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
William Peter Moseley is an English actor. He is known for his portrayal of Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010) trilogy, which won him a Kids' Choice Award, in a…
William Moseley, English actor
Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as o…
For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombe
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created …
Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20
WFAN is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, United States, with a sports radio format, branded "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audac…
The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of …
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are…
MV Bridgeton, ex-al-Rekkah, was a Kuwait Oil Company oil tanker that was reflagged to a U.S flag and renamed during Operation Earnest Will. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy …
US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil…
Wang Feifei, known professionally as Fei, is a Chinese singer and actress. She was a member of the South Korean girl group miss A from the group's debut in 2010 until its disbandme…
Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress
Daequan Cook is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Premier League. He was taken 21st overall in the 2007 NBA draft…
Daequan Cook, American basketball player
Drew Gulak is an American professional wrestler currently performing on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he was a former one-time WWE Cruiserw…
Drew Gulak, American wrestler
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. One of South India's highest-paid actresses, Samantha is the recipient of several accol…
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress and model
Hulda Hoehn Crooks was an American mountaineer, dietitian and vegetarianism activist. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount …
Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from …
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a…
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989 for two terms. He took office after the assassination of …
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-…
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations…
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering…
Bradley Paul Johnson is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, he now works as a football coach.
Bradley Johnson, English footballer
Zoran Tošić is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger. He built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler.
Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
Robert Guy Atkinson is an English former professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Rob Atkinson, English footballer
Sara Errani is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a Career Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a…
Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
Andre Dwayne Russell, nicknamed Dre Russ, is a Jamaican former international cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket …
Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport at about 20:46 EDT. All six…
Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of…
The Hungerford massacre was a spree shooting in Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, which occurred on 19 August 1987 when 27-year-old Michael Ryan shot and killed sixteen people, inc…
Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then…
The Evangelical Baptist Church (EBC) of Korea was established in 1962 by Yoo Byung-eun and Pastor Kwon Shin-chan. The name of the church was changed to EBC in 1981. It is not conne…
Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria…