Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In 1981
Thursday, 27 February 2025
May 10 On this day in history françois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 
May 11 On this day in history andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
May 11 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 in the year 1981.
May 11 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks in the year 1981.
May 12 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies in the year 1981.
May 13 Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1981.
May 13 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II in the year 1981.
May 13 In the year 1981 pope John Paul II is shot and wounded
May 13 In the year 1981 pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
May 14 On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-192
May 14 The Bank of Canada raises lending rate to further record high of 18.98% in the year 1981.
May 15 On this day in history george Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
May 15 On this day in history soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
May 16 In the year 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
May 16 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson in the year 1981.
May 17 Hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
May 18 In the year 1981 arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
May 21 In the year 1981 françois Mitterrand becomes President of France
May 21 In the year 1981 kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
May 21 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 in the year 1981.
May 21 On this day in history stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
May 21 Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies on this day in history.
May 22 In the year 1981 soyuz 40 returns to Earth
May 23 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage in the year 1981.
May 23 George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.
May 23 NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.
May 24 Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.
May 24 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.
May 24 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain on this day in history.
May 25 Al Unser becomes first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified on this day in history.
May 25 Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours in the year 1981.
May 25 Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on this day in history.
May 26 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14 on this day in history.
May 26 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth in the year 1981.
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