Page 4: Historical Events In 1981

Feb 23   On this day in history people magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips   

Feb 23   Spanish army officers attempt a coup in the Spanish Parliament on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails   

Feb 24   Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer in the year 1981.   

Feb 24   In the year 1981 jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower   

Feb 25   In the year 1981 l Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain   

Feb 25   The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders in the year 1981.   

Feb 25   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1981.   

Feb 26   In the year 1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since August 1980 are released   

Feb 26   On this day in history fC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79   

Feb 26   In the year 1981 french Train à Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run   

Feb 27   Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747 in the year 1981.   

Feb 27   In the year 1981 paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"   

Feb 28   In the year 1981 china PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan   

Mar 01   "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1981 bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies)   

Mar 01   In the year 1981 iRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.)   

Mar 01   Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic in the year 1981.   

Mar 02   On this day in history aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists   

Mar 02   Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC in the year 1981.   

Mar 02   Janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30 in the year 1981.   

Mar 04   Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies in the year 1981.   

Mar 05   On this day in history brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64   

Mar 05   US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer in the year 1981.   

Mar 05   In the year 1981 world Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

Mar 06   CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast in the year 1981.   

Mar 06   France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island in the year 1981.   

Mar 06   In the year 1981 george Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies   

Mar 06   On this day in history soyuz 39 returns to Earth   

Mar 06   On this day in history walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News"   

Mar 07   John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 in the year 1981.   

Mar 07   The first homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death in the year 1981.   

Mar 08   In the year 1981 nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic   

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

Apr 02   Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress was born in the year 1981.   

Apr 28   In the year 1981 birth of jessica Alba, American actress   

Apr 30   John O'Shea, Irish footballer was born in the year 1981.   

Apr 30   In the year 1981 birth of emma Pierson, British actress   

May 19   Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter was born on this day in history.   

May 19   Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer was born on this day in history.   

May 22   In the year 1981 birth of bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler   

Jan 01   Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920) died in the year 1981.   

Jan 02   David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 in the year 1981.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)   

Jan 05   Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1981.