Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 - 1985 - 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Births
- August 24 - Galen Daniel Maly
- September 25 - Waseem Sebastian Daher
- October 24 - Donald Gordon Oellerich
Deaths
- February 11 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer.
- February 11 - Henry Hathaway actor/director.
- February 11 - Ulysses Simpson Kay, composer.
- October 11 - Orson Welles, movie director
- August 12 - Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver
Events
- February 11 - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket match, but New Zealand still wins.
- First syndication of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- GNU Manifesto first written by Richard Stallman
Sport
- January 20 - Super Bowl XIX San Francisco 49ers (38) def. Miami Dolphins (16)
- Physics - Klaus von Klitzing
- Chemistry - Herbert A Hauptman, Jerome Karle
- Medicine - Michael S Brown, Joseph L Goldstein
- Literature -Claude Simon
- Peace- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Economics - Franco Modigliani
Books