Explore 6636 historical events from 1980–1989.
Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is…
Brunei joins the United Nations.
Andrés Iniesta Luján is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and spent most of his career at La Liga club Barcelona. Widely regarded as one of the gr…
Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
Edward José Mujica is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Florida/Miami Marlins…
Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
Dawn Harper-Nelson, née Dawn Harper, is an American, retired track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Be…
Dawn Harper, American hurdler
Oliver Stanley Murs is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He came to prominence after participating on the sixth series of the television talent show The X …
Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of th…
Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series developed by Britt Allcroft. Based on The Railway Series children's books by Wilbert and Christopher Awdry, it centers on…
The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend…
Aeroflot Flight 3352 was a regularly scheduled Aeroflot domestic flight in the Soviet Union from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk, with an intermediate landing in Omsk. While landing at Om…
Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, officially known as the Irish Republican Army and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to e…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb…
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. L…
Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren…
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman and programmer who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms. He serves as its chairman, …
Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks. Deslaurie…
Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
Sérgio Jimenez is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing with Scuderia Chiarelli in the Stock Car Pro Series. He is the 2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil champion, and the 201…
Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
Samantha C. Noble is a retired Australian actress who has worked on television series and films. She is best known for her role as Jade/Amitiel in Gabriel, and has appeared in seve…
Samantha Noble, Australian actress
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 202…
Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
Jesse Lee Soffer is an American actor and television director. He is known for portraying Will Munson on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, and received three Emmy nominations …
Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
Prince Semien Fielder is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit …
Prince Fielder, American baseball player
Gary Robert Ablett Jr. is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). Th…
Gary Ablett, Jr
Beau Scott is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s in the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australia international and New Sou…
Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
Dennis Princewell Stehr, known professionally as Mr. Probz, is a Dutch record producer, singer and rapper.
Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
Christian Bolaños Navarro is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a right winger. After his international debut with the Costa Rica national team in 2005, Bol…
Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
Christine Robinson is a Canadian water polo player. She is a student at McGill University. She was part of the 7th place women's water polo team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She wo…
Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
Darius Šilinskis is a former professional Lithuanian basketball center, who last played for NKL's JAZZ-Diremta. He is 2.16 m tall and weights 118 kg. In his early professional care…
Darius Šilinskis, Lithuanian basketball player
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Pi…
Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player