Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Husain Ibn Muhammed Abdullah is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings of th…
Husain Abdullah, American football player
Matteo Pratichetti is an Italian former rugby union player.
Matteo Pratichetti, Italian rugby player
Ajmal Shahzad is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Ajmal Shahzad, English cricketer
Mathieu Debuchy is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer
Dustin Wallace Milligan is a Canadian actor best known as Jack Snowman in Hot Frosty, Ted Mullens on Schitt's Creek, Ethan Ward on 90210, Tom Cummings in X Company, and Josh Carter…
Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Okinoumi Ayumi is a former Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He joined professional sumo in 2005, reaching the top division in 2010. He was runner-up i…
Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler
Besart Selim Berisha is a Kosovan professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Melbourne Victory seniors academy team based in Victoria, Australia. P…
Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
Simon Santoso is an Indonesian former badminton player. He was two-time SEA Games men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men'…
Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
Christopher Luke Guccione is an former Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria. He has won five ATP Tour doubles titles, and reached career-high rankings of …
Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player
Daniel Fredheim Holm is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder and works as a sporting director for KFUM in the Eliteserien. He is the half-brother of former Vålerenga co…
Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
Luca Lanotte is an Italian former ice dancer. With partner Anna Cappellini, he is the 2014 World champion, the 2014 European champion, the 2015 Cup of China champion and a thirteen…
Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer
Matthew Scott, also known by the nickname of "Thumper", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NR…
Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player
Scott Brady was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the television …
Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924)
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1…
Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
Tancredo de Almeida Neves was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs from 1953 to 1954, President of the Council of…
Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)
Paul Hugh Emmett was an American chemist best known for his pioneering work in the field of catalysis and for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He spearheaded …
Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (born 1900)
Jacques Ferron was a Canadian physician and author.
Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (born 1921)
Samuel James Ervin Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a "country lawye…
Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
Francis Michael "Bumper" Farrell was an Australian premiership winning and international representative rugby league footballer. A prop forward, his long club career with the Newto…
Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (born 1916)
Denise Robins was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966). She wrote under her first married name and under …
Denise Robins, English journalist and author (born 1897)
Attilio Luigi Antonio Bettega was an Italian rally driver.
Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (born 1951)
Larry Clinton was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger.
Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1909)
Fikri Sönmez was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.
Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (born 1938)
Clarence Dexter Wiseman, was the tenth General of The Salvation Army from 1974 to 1977.
Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (born 1907)