Explore 4219 historical events from 1980–1989.
Jaakko Ohtonen is a Finnish actor and voiceover artist. He has been cast in the role of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One (2027) and Part Two (2…
Jaakko Ohtonen, Finnish actor
James Edward Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widel…
James Harden, American basketball player
Romain Grégoire Clément Amalfitano is a French professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Western Sydney Wanderers. He previously played for Reims, Chât…
Romain Amalfitano, French footballer
Juliana Cannarozzo is an American former competitive figure skater and actress. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress
César Azpilicueta Tanco is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back.
César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
Valtteri Viktor Bottas is a Finnish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Cadillac. Bottas has twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2019 and 2020 …
Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
Jo Kwon is a South Korean singer, television host, actor, entertainer and the leader of South Korean boy band 2AM. He has starred in multiple musicals such as Jesus Christ Supersta…
Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
John Bertrand "Jocko" Conlan was an American baseball umpire who worked in the National League (NL) from 1941 to 1965. He had a brief career as an outfielder with the Chicago White…
Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (born 1899)
Kaoru Ishikawa was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. H…
Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (born 1915)
John Miles Lawrence played first-class cricket for Somerset in 18 matches between 1959 and 1961.
Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (born 1940)
Hakkı Yeten was a Turkish football player and president of the Istanbul-based football club Beşiktaş J.K., which he also coached. He is one of the most important names in Beşiktaş …
Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910)
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumon…
Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (born 1907)
Emilio Gino Segrè was an Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, a subatomic antiparticle, for …
Emilio G
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)
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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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)