Page 11: Historical Events In 1981

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   

Aug 19   Jessie Matthews, actress (Gangway, inaugural a Girl), dies at 74   

Aug 21   Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85   

Aug 21   Ottawa Roughrider Tony Gabriel catches a pass in his 128th consecutive game; sets world pro football record; record eclipsed in 1987 by the Steve Largent of the NFL   

Aug 24   Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon.   

Aug 24   Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder   

Aug 24   Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison   

Aug 25   Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266 09).   

Aug 25   Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years.   

Aug 25   The spacecraft Voyager 2 flies past the planet Saturn.   

Aug 25   Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63000 miles/100000 km)   

Aug 26   Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack   

Aug 26   Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission   

Aug 27   Divers begin to recover a safe are discovered aboard the Andrea Doria.   

Aug 27   Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62   

Aug 27   Salvage divers recover a million dollars in cash and jewels from the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, sunk in 1965.   

Aug 28   John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan.   

Aug 28   John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to kill US President Ronald Reagan. He is later acquitted by reason of insanity   

Aug 28   National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men.   

Aug 28   Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3 47.33 (since broken).   

Aug 29   Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89   

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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,