1980s
Centuries:
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
The most important events
- 1981 - AIDS discovers the first time by a human.
- 1989 - The Berlin Wall falls.
Important people
- Pope John Paul II, Pope in the 1980s
- Elizabeth II, british queen since 1953
- Hirohito, emperor of Japan
- Jimmy Carter, President of the USA until 1981
- Ronald Reagan, President of the USA since 1981
- Helmut Schmidt, German chancellor until 1982
- Helmut Kohl, German chanellor since 1982
- Saddam Hussein, President of the Iraq
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian actor
- Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- Michael Jordan, American basketball-player
- Madonna, singer
- Bob Marley, singer