Historical Events In 1981

Mar 09   Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News in the year 1981.  

Mar 10   In the North West Territories Panarctic Oils Ltd. finds oil in offshore exploratory well in the eastern Arctic on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins  

Mar 12   In the year 1981 soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station  

Mar 12   On this day in history walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA  

Mar 13   On this day in history attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca  

Mar 14   Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker  

Mar 17   In the year 1981 fC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms  

Mar 19   In the year 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident  

Mar 19   In the year 1981 buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4  

Mar 19   Emmy 8th Daytime Awards Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time in the year 1981.  

Mar 19   Emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Argentine ex-President Isabel Perón sentenced to 8 years on this day in history.  

Mar 20   Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Doctor on this day in history.  

Mar 22   Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ in the year 1981.  

Mar 22   On this day in history soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6  

Mar 23   Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions on this day in history.  

Mar 24   In the year 1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC  

Mar 24   In the year 1981 bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy  

Mar 24   In the year 1981 colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba  

Mar 26   Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Mar 26   On this day in history police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia  

Mar 26   On this day in history soyuz T-4 lands  

Mar 26   The British Social Democratic Party is founded by the 'Gang of Four' in the year 1981.  

Mar 27   On this day in history john Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in UK  

Mar 28   In the year 1981 france performs nuclear test  

Mar 28   On this day in history viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua  

Mar 29   Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1981.  

Mar 30   On this day in history dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91  

Mar 30   President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley Jr on this day in history.  

Mar 30   In the year 1981 uS President Ronald Reagan wounded in an assassination attempt  

Mar 31   On this day in history 53rd Academy Awards "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win  

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Apr 02   On this day in history birth of michael Clarke, Australian cricketer  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1981 death of hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)  

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

Jan 03   Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883) died in the year 1981.  

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

Jan 06   A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1981.  

Jan 08   In the year 1981 matthew Beard, entertainer, dies  

Jan 09   In the year 1981 kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58