Page 11: Historical Events In 1981

Jul 17   Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured.   

Jul 18   Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87   

Jul 19   Louis Cheslock, composer, dies at 81   

Jul 22   Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life.   

Jul 25   Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69   

Jul 25   Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.   

Jul 26   2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela.   

Jul 26   Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58   

Jul 26   E Bowell discovers asteroids #2845 Franklinken and #2882 Tedesco   

Jul 26   NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant.   

Jul 27   Billy [William] Wyler, US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies   

Jul 27   Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64   

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.   

Jul 29   Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer.   

Jul 31   Arnette Hubbard installed as inaugural woman president of the Natl Bar Assn.   

Jul 31   Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash.   

Aug 01   MTV premiers this day   

Aug 01   Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58   

Aug 03   Robert Peci, Italian brother of Red Brigade leader, murdered.   

Aug 04   Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission.   

Aug 04   Melvyn Douglas actor, dies at 80   

Aug 04   Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80   

Aug 04   Oliver North is assigned to White House duty.   

Aug 05   Pres Regan fires 11500 air traffic controllers on strike   

Aug 06   NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed.   

Aug 08   US announce plans to produce the neutron bomb   

Aug 10   Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business.   

Aug 10   The Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes.   

Aug 12   IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0   

Aug 14   Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies.   

Aug 17   Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87   

Aug 18   Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88.   

Aug 18   Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons   

Aug 19   2 VF-41 aircraft from USS Nimitz shoot down 2 Libyan aircraft which fired on them over international waters   

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Apr 02   Michael clarke: Australian cricketer   

Apr 02   Bethany joy lenz-galeotti: American actress   

Apr 28   Jessica alba: American actress   

Apr 30   John o'shea: Irish footballer   

Apr 30   Emma pierson: British actress   

May 19   Georges st. pierre: Mixed martial arts fighter   

May 19   Luciano figueroa: Argentine footballer   

May 22   Bryan danielson: American professional wrestler   

Jan 01   Hephzibah menuhin: American-jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)   

Jan 02   David lynch: Singer (platters-my prayer),   

Jan 03   Princess alice of albany: Princess alice of albany (b. 1883)   

Jan 05   Harold c urey: Us chemist (deuterium, nobel 1934),    

Jan 06   A[rchibald] j[oseph] cronin: Physician/author (citadel),    

Jan 07   Jose ardevol: Composer,   

Jan 08   Matthew beard: Entertainer,   

Jan 09   Kazimierz serocki: Composer,