Historical Events In 1981
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Mar 31 53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win on this day in history.
Apr 01 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 in the year 1981.
Apr 01 On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
Apr 02 On this day in history a Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
Apr 03 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg in the year 1981.
Apr 03 In the year 1981 race riots in London's Brixton area
Apr 04 On this day in history brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
Apr 04 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.
Apr 04 On this day in history henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
Apr 05 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez on this day in history.
Apr 05 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 in the year 1981.
Apr 05 In the year 1981 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo
Apr 05 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes in the year 1981.
Apr 05 In the year 1981 the Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis
Apr 06 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Apr 08 On this day in history norman Taurog, dies
Apr 09 Gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88 in the year 1981.
Apr 09 In the year 1981 scott Gwartz was born
Apr 09 On this day in history uS sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
Apr 10 In the year 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers
Apr 10 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded on this day in history.
Apr 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment on this day in history.
Apr 11 Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.
Apr 11 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him in the year 1981.
Apr 11 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen on this day in history.
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 in the year 1981.
Apr 12 In the year 1981 hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
Apr 13 Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) on this day in history.
Apr 14 Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth on this day in history.
Apr 14 On this day in history the first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched
Apr 15 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 on this day in history.
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