Historical Events In 1981
Apr 25 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
Apr 14 Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
Apr 26 Madge Evans TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
Apr 14 The first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched
Apr 11 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
Apr 16 The first American space shutte, Columbia, returns safely to Earth
Apr 12 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 27 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach
Apr 24 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
Apr 28 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
Apr 20 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
Apr 05 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
Nov 20 Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
Nov 12 First balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)
Nov 16 William Holden, actor, dies at age 63.
Nov 28 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg andbecome college football's winningest coach
Nov 12 US space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched
Nov 05 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, & possession of cocaine
Nov 16 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital
Nov 14 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
Nov 12 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)
Nov 14 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again
Nov 25 Jack Albertson actor (Chico &the Man), dies at 74
Nov 30 Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges
Nov 13 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
Nov 01 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Nov 20 Ringo releases "Stop and Smell the Roses" album
Nov 04 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining
Nov 21 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 &stays for 10 weeks
Nov 14 VIA cuts nearly 20% of its services.
Sep 19 Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
Sep 19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
Sep 04 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
Sep 25 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice
Sep 13 William Loeb publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
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