Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1981
Thursday, 16 May 2024
May 10 On this day in history françois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 
May 11 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London in the year 1981.
May 11 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 in the year 1981.
May 11 In the year 1981 kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
May 12 In the year 1981 benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
May 13 On this day in history carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76
May 13 On this day in history dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
May 13 On this day in history pope John Paul II is shot and wounded
May 13 On this day in history pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
May 14 NASA launches space vehicle S-192 on this day in history.
May 14 In the year 1981 the Bank of Canada raises lending rate to further record high of 18.98%.
May 15 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK in the year 1981.
May 15 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 in the year 1981.
May 16 On this day in history "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 In the year 1981 hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80
May 18 In the year 1981 arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
May 21 François Mitterrand becomes President of France in the year 1981.
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 on this day in history.
May 21 In the year 1981 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 On this day in history soyuz 40 returns to Earth
May 23 On this day in history barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
May 23 George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 in the year 1981.
May 23 NASA launches Intelsat V in the year 1981.
May 24 Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 in the year 1981.
May 24 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history.
May 24 On this day in history hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
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 in the year 1981.
May 26 In the year 1981 marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
May 26 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth in the year 1981.
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