Historical Events In 1981

Feb 10 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249

Feb 23 People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips

Feb 01 Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG

Feb 20 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds

Feb 10 A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton claims eight lives, and injures nearly 200, at this popular hotel-casino.

Apr 05 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo

Apr 20 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs

Apr 09 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru

Apr 12 First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable

Apr 30 John Lauchlan & James Blench; both natives of Seebe, Alberta, reach summit of 7,454.5m Mt. Gangapurna in the Himalayas by a new south face route.

Apr 11 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen

Apr 22 Brailsford Reese Brazeal (76) dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76

Apr 02 A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400

Apr 16 Columbia space shuttle returns [04/24]

Apr 27 The first female soccer official is hired by the NASL

Apr 26 Jim Davis actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65

Apr 03 Race riots in London's Brixton area

Apr 09 Scott Gwartz was born

Apr 10 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded

Apr 13 Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)

Apr 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment

Apr 03 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg

Apr 04 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)

Apr 09 Gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88

Apr 07 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec

Apr 05 The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis

Apr 08 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante

Apr 10 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers

Apr 05 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez

Apr 24 IBM-PC introduced

Apr 24 IBM-PC introduced

Apr 01 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante

Apr 25 Dixie a mouse who lived 6« years

Apr 29 Phillie Steve Carlton strikes out his 3,000th batter

Apr 04 Brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56

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