Historical Events In 1981

Mar 31   53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win in the year 1981.   

Apr 01   D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 in the year 1981.   

Apr 01   On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante   

Apr 02   A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 in the year 1981.   

Apr 03   On this day in history arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg   

Apr 03   Race riots in London's Brixton area in the year 1981.   

Apr 04   Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 in the year 1981.   

Apr 04   Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) in the year 1981.   

Apr 05   On this day in history 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez   

Apr 05   Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 on this day in history.   

Apr 05   E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo in the year 1981.   

Apr 05   Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes in the year 1981.   

Apr 05   In the year 1981 the Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis   

Apr 06   On this day in history bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies   

Apr 07   Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec on this day in history.   

Apr 08   E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Norman Taurog, dies in the year 1981.   

Apr 09   On this day in history gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88   

Apr 09   Scott Gwartz was born on this day in history.   

Apr 09   US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru on this day in history.   

Apr 10   On this day in history "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

Apr 10   Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded in the year 1981.   

Apr 10   Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment in the year 1981.   

Apr 11   Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him   

Apr 11   Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1981 first launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot. Mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, and 20 minutes. Sixteen of the shuttle's heat-shielding silicon tiles were lost and 148 damaged during reentry.   

Apr 12   First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78   

Apr 13   In the year 1981 wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)   

Apr 14   On this day in history space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth   

Apr 14   The first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched in the year 1981.   

Apr 15   In the year 1981 french Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67   

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Apr 02   In the year 1981 birth of michael Clarke, Australian cricketer   

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress   

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of jessica Alba, American actress   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of emma Pierson, British actress   

May 19   Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter was born in the year 1981.   

May 19   Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer was born on this day in history.   

May 22   On this day in history birth of bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler   

Jan 01   In the year 1981 death of hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)   

Jan 02   David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)   

Jan 05   Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history a[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84   

Jan 07   On this day in history jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69   

Jan 08   On this day in history matthew Beard, entertainer, dies   

Jan 09   Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1981.