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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