Explore 3174 historical events from 1980–1989.
Tomás Robredo Garcés is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Ham…
Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
Alexander S. Pushkin Sheremetyevo International Airport, more commonly known as Sheremetyevo International Airport or simply Sheremetyevo is the busiest of the four international a…
While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near…
The Dujail massacre was the mass killing of Shia rebels by the Ba'athist Iraqi government on 8 July 1982 in Dujail, Iraq. The massacre was committed in retaliation for an assassina…
A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next…
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas. On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 fly…
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
The Italy national football team has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federa…
Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 to win the FIFA World Cup.
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in northern Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east b…
Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez…
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid Israel's war on Lebano…
In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is…
Darijo Srna is a Croatian former professional footballer and current director of football of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. During most of his career he played as …
Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer
Johan Botha is a South African-Australian cricket coach, cricketer, and long-distance runner who played for the South African national team between 2005 and 2012. He moved to Austr…
Johan Botha, South African cricketer
Igor Olshansky is a former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon and was selected by the …
Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player
The Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings were carried out on 20 July 1982 in London, England. Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two improvised explos…
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in…
Santa Clarita is a suburban city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los …
Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them…
Antonio Cruz, known professionally as Tony Sunshine, is an American R&B singer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known as a member of Fat Joe's hip hop group Terror Squad in the …
Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
Kelly Brianne, known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the first season of American Idol…
Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host
Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame was an English television personality and author. She was a contestant on the seventh series of the reality show Big Brother in 2006, which she finished…
Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist (died 2021)
Brian Joseph McCook, known by his drag persona Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova or Katya, is an American drag queen, actor, author, recording artist, podcaster, and comedian. Kat…
Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen
Vanessa Marie Bryant is a Mexican-American businesswoman and philanthropist. She was married to American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. Following the death of her husb…
Vanessa Bryant, American philanthropist and model
Corey Parker is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. A Queensland State of Origin and Australia international r…
Corey Parker, Australian rugby league footballer
Sombat Banchamek, also known by his ring name Buakaw Banchamek and mononymously as Buakaw is a Thai professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Known for his fierce fighting styl…
Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer
Christopher Jason Witten is an American football coach and former player who is currently the tight ends coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. He played as a tight end in the National Fo…
Jason Witten, American football player
Adrián González Savín, also known by his nicknames "A-Gon" and "Titán", is a Mexican-American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) f…
Adrián González, American baseball player
Cory Allan Michael Monteith was a Canadian actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series Stargate Atlantis (2004), and had other roles in shows including Sm…
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (died 2013)
Saheed Adebayo Akinfenwa is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed "The Beast", he was renowned for his huge physical prowess and goalscoring …
Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer
Larry Alexander Nacua Fonacier is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He previously served as the team manager for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball…
Larry Fonacier, Filipino basketball player