Historical Events In 1981
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Mar 31 53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win on this day in history.
Apr 01 On this day in history d[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
Apr 01 On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
Apr 02 A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on this day in history.
Apr 03 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg in the year 1981.
Apr 03 On this day in history race riots in London's Brixton area
Apr 04 In the year 1981 brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
Apr 04 On this day in history brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
Apr 04 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) on this day in history.
Apr 05 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez in the year 1981.
Apr 05 On this day in history bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36
Apr 05 On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo
Apr 05 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes on this day in history.
Apr 05 In the year 1981 the Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis
Apr 06 On this day in history bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
Apr 07 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec on this day in history.
Apr 08 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante in the year 1981.
Apr 08 On this day in history norman Taurog, dies
Apr 09 On this day in history gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88
Apr 09 In the year 1981 scott Gwartz was born
Apr 09 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru in the year 1981.
Apr 10 In the year 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers
Apr 10 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded in the year 1981.
Apr 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment on this day in history.
Apr 11 Marie Ney, dies at 85 in the year 1981.
Apr 11 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him on this day in history.
Apr 11 In the year 1981 valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
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 in the year 1981.
Apr 12 First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on this day in history.
Apr 12 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
Apr 13 In the year 1981 wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
Apr 14 On this day in history space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
Apr 14 The first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched in the year 1981.
Apr 15 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 in the year 1981.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »