Explore 1450 historical events from 1980–1989.
Kōnosuke Matsushita was a Japanese industrialist who founded Panasonic, the largest Japanese consumer electronics company. Matsushita is referred to as the "God of Management" in …
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (born 1894)
Feeliks Esaias "Esa" Pakarinen was a Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, best known for the role of Pekka Puupää in the Pekka and Pätkä films from 1953–1960. He was a…
Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (born 1911)
Sergio Leone was an Italian filmmaker, credited as the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema.
Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Sally Kathleen Kirkland was a manager at Lord & Taylor, a fashion editor at Vogue magazine, and served as the only fashion editor at Life magazine between 1947 and 1969.
Sally Kirkland, American journalist (born 1912)
Muthiah Panchalingam was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was assassinated by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century …
Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (born 1911)
Patrice Tardif was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).
Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (born 1904)
Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin was a Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter associated with the early 1920s movement of the Serapion Brothers.
Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (born 1902)
Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pop…
Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (born 1906)
Christine Jorgensen was an American actress, singer, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex re…
Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (born 1926)
Earl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth Co…
Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (born 1897)
Jackie Keith Whitley was an American country music and bluegrass singer and songwriter. During his career, he released only two albums, but charted 12 singles on the Billboard coun…
Keith Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
Dominik Tatarka was a Slovak writer famous for his 1956 satirical text The Demon of Consent condemning Stalinism.
Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer (born 1913)
John Waldo Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous son…
Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
Luc Lacourcière, CC was a Québécois writer and ethnographer, who established himself during his lifetime as a leading figure in folklore studies. Trained by Marius Barbeau, he in t…
Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (born 1910)
Dorothy Ruth Pirone was the adopted daughter of the American baseball player George H. (Babe) Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings, born Juanita Grenandtz. She was adopted by B…
Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (born 1921)
Leila Kasra also known as Hedieh, was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet and lyricist who has written lyrics for notable artists including Ebi, Dariush, Sattar, Vigen, Moein, Ma…
Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1939)
Yiannis Papaioannou was a Greek composer and teacher of the Modern Era.
Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (born 1910)
Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contri…
John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
Gilda Susan Radner was an American actress and comedian.
Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (born 1946)
Steven De Groote was a South African classical pianist.
Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (born 1953)
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov was a Russian-Georgian theatre director.
Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (born 1915)
Karl Werner Lothar Koch was a German hacker in the 1980s, who called himself "hagbard", after Hagbard Celine. He was involved in a Cold War computer espionage incident.
Karl Koch, German computer hacker (born 1965)
Donald George Revie was an English football player and manager. He is best known for managing Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, winning the Football League First Division twice an…
Don Revie, English footballer and manager (born 1927)