Explore 4219 historical events from 1980–1989.
Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur known for British holiday camps. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin…
Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded the Butlins Company (born 1899)
Masayoshi Ōhira was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime minister of Japan (born 1910)
Hugh Milburn Stone was an American actor, best known for his role as "Doc" in the Western series Gunsmoke.
Milburn Stone, American actor (born 1904)
Walter Anthony Rodney was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassi…
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (born 1942)
Charles William Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War. Notably, Miller provided lead vocals as we…
Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1939)
Terence Fisher was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films.
Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (born 1904)
Philip Guston was a Canadian and American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formall…
Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter and educator (born 1913)
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that…
Henry Miller, American novelist and essayist (born 1891)
André Leducq was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Rou…
André Leducq, French cyclist (born 1904)
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-orientated records and wrote the music …
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (born 1923)
Joseph Cohen (1889–1980) was a solicitor and property developer in Birmingham, England, and was chairman and managing director of the Jacey Cinemas chain. He was also a prominent f…
Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (born 1889)
Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi.
Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (born 1946)
Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the…
Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (born 1904)
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, better known as V. V. Giri was an Indian statesman, activist, and diplomat who served as the president of India from 1969 to 1974. He previously served as …
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José Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and actor.
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (born 1895)
Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administra…
Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (born 1903)
Maurice Grevisse was a Belgian grammarian.
Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (born 1895)
Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, Ac…
Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes, better known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed "O Poetinha", was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and pla…
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1913)
Thomas Bernardine Barry was an Irish republican. He was a prominent guerrilla leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War…
Tom Barry, leader of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (born 1897)
Joseph Quincy Krumgold was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's …
Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (born 1908)
John Warren Davis was an American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader. He was the fifth and longest-serving president of West Virginia State University in Inst…
John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888)
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (born 1921)
Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film Happiness, which was entered into the 7th B…
Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (born 1909).