Page 5: 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   Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins in the year 1981.   

Mar 12   Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station in the year 1981.   

Mar 12   In the year 1981 walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

Mar 13   Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies   

Mar 15   Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker on this day in history.   

Mar 17   FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1981 jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Doctor   

Mar 22   Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1981 soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

Mar 24   On this day in history bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

Mar 24   Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba in the year 1981.   

Mar 26   Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77 in the year 1981.   

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

Mar 26   Soyuz T-4 lands on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in UK on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79   

Mar 29   In the year 1981 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

Mar 30   Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Mar 30   President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley Jr in the year 1981.   

Mar 30   US President Ronald Reagan wounded in an assassination attempt in the year 1981.   

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

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

Apr 02   On this day in history birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress   

Apr 28   In the year 1981 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   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   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   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   On this day in history harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1981 jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69   

Jan 08   Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies in the year 1981.   

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