Page 4: Historical Events In 1981

Feb 23   People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Spanish army officers attempt a coup in the Spanish Parliament in the year 1981.   

Feb 23   Spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails in the year 1981.   

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

Feb 24   Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower in the year 1981.   

Feb 25   On this day in history l Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain   

Feb 25   On this day in history the Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders   

Feb 25   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since August 1980 are released   

Feb 26   FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 in the year 1981.   

Feb 26   French Train à Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run in the year 1981.   

Feb 27   On this day in history greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747   

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

Feb 28   China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan in the year 1981.   

Mar 01   In the year 1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances   

Mar 01   In the year 1981 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   

Mar 01   Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 01   Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists in the year 1981.   

Mar 02   Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 in the year 1981.   

Mar 05   On this day in history uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer   

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

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   George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies in the year 1981.   

Mar 06   Soyuz 39 returns to Earth in the year 1981.   

Mar 06   Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" on this day in history.   

Mar 07   John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   The first homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death on this day in history.   

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

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Apr 02   In the year 1981 birth of michael Clarke, Australian cricketer   

Apr 02   In the year 1981 birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress   

Apr 28   On this day in history birth of jessica Alba, American actress   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer   

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

May 19   In the year 1981 birth of georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter   

May 19   Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer was born in the year 1981.   

May 22   On this day in history birth of bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1981 david Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51   

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

Jan 05   Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87 in the year 1981.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69   

Jan 08   On this day in history matthew Beard, entertainer, dies   

Jan 09   On this day in history kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58