Historical Events In 1981

Jul 16   Harry Chapin dies at 39, when his car is rear-ended in the year 1981.  

Jul 16   In the year 1981 harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38  

Jul 16   Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously in the year 1981.  

Jul 17   On this day in history fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta  

Jul 17   Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens in the year 1981.  

Jul 17   On this day in history lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured  

Jul 18   Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87 in the year 1981.  

Jul 19   In the year 1981 louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81  

Jul 22   Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69 in the year 1981.  

Jul 25   In the year 1981 voyager 2 encounters Saturn  

Jul 26   2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela in the year 1981.  

Jul 26   In the year 1981 donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58  

Jul 26   E Bowell discovers asteroids #2845 Franklinken & #2882 Tedesco in the year 1981.  

Jul 26   In the year 1981 nY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant  

Jul 27   On this day in history billy [William] Wyler, US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies  

Jul 27   Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 29   Nearly four billion people in seventy-four countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Charles, heir to the British throne, to a young English schoolteacher named Lady Diana Spence on this day in history.  

Jul 29   In the year 1981 prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer  

Jul 31   Arnette Hubbard installed as first woman president of the Natl Bar Assn on this day in history.  

Jul 31   Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash on this day in history.  

Aug 01   MTV premiers this day on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58  

Aug 03   In the year 1981 robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered  

Aug 04   Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission in the year 1981.  

Aug 04   On this day in history melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80  

Aug 04   In the year 1981 melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80  

Aug 04   In the year 1981 oliver North is assigned to White House duty  

Aug 05   Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers on strike on this day in history.  

Aug 06   NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed in the year 1981.  

Aug 08   On this day in history uS announce plans to produce the neutron bomb  

Aug 10   In the year 1981 coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business  

Aug 10   In the year 1981 the Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes  

Aug 12   In the year 1981 iBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0  

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Apr 02   Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer was born in the year 1981.  

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress  

Apr 28   Jessica Alba, American actress was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30   In the year 1981 birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer  

Apr 30   Emma Pierson, British actress was born in the year 1981.  

May 19   Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter was born in the year 1981.  

May 19   On this day in history birth of luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer  

May 22   Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler was born in the year 1981.  

Jan 01   Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920) died on this day in history.  

Jan 02   David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1981 death of princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)  

Jan 05   In the year 1981 harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87  

Jan 06   A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 in the year 1981.  

Jan 07   In the year 1981 jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 08   Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.