Explore 4219 historical events from 1980–1989.
Hands Across America was a public fundraising event held on Sunday, May 25, 1986, Memorial Day weekend, which attempted to create a continuous human chain of people holding hands a…
The Hands Across America event takes place
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states. It was subse…
The European Community adopts the European flag
The Mindbender was an Anton Schwarzkopf looping roller coaster at Galaxyland, a theme park in West Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada. The ride officially opened to the public on De…
The Mindbender derails, killing three riders and severely injuring one at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) in
Romain David Jeremie Grosjean is a French and Swiss racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini and serves as a driver in the IndyCar Series for …
Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
Tina Bru is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. From 2020 to 2021, she served as the Minister of Petroleum and Energy. She was a member of the Storting for Rogaland …
Tina Bru, Norwegian politician
Amber Laura Heard is an American actress. She had her first leading role in the horror film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), and went on to star in films such as The Ward (2010…
Amber Heard, American actress
Alysia Montaño is an American middle distance runner. She is a six-time USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800 metres champion. She gained significant publicity for the 2014…
Alysia Montaño, American runner
"The Hand of God" is the name given to the illegal opening goal awarded to Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during Argentina's victory over England in a quarter-final match at t…
The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Arg
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The U
Aeroflot Flight 2306 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vorkuta to Moscow in the Soviet Union, with a stopover in Syktyvkar. The Tupolev Tu-134 operated by Aeroflot cra…
Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day…
The New Zealand Parliament is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the monarch and the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was established in 1854 and is o…
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral a…
A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of…
Rafael Miranda Fernandes is a Brazilian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swall…
Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
Aaron Roe Ward Cunningham is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Clevelan…
Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
Alexei Vyacheslavovich Emelin is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Dubai Red Stars of the Emirates Ice Hockey League. He was selected in the third roun…
Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player
Gwen Rosemary Jorgensen is an American distance runner and professional triathlete. She was the champion of the 2014 and 2015 ITU World Triathlon Series. She was named USA Triathlo…
Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, vol…
Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre…
Candace Nicole Parker, nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as t…
Candace Parker, American basketball player
Marshawn Terrell Lynch is an American former professional football running back and actor who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Nicknamed "Beast Mode", h…
Marshawn Lynch, American football player
Sven Kramer is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He …
Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
Claudia Salman-Rath is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.
Claudia Rath, German heptathlete
Lior Refaelov is an Israeli former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger.
Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a disgraced former Russian middle-distance runner who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.
Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
Jenna-Louise Coleman is a British actress who is best known as Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in Doctor Who and Queen Victoria in Victoria (2016–2019). She h…
Jenna Coleman, English actress