Page 5: Historical Events In 1981

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

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

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

Mar 12   Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

Mar 12   On this day in history 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   Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies in the year 1981.   

Mar 15   Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker in the year 1981.   

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

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

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

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

Mar 19   In the year 1981 emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time   

Mar 20   On this day in history argentine ex-President Isabel Perón sentenced to 8 years   

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¢ in the year 1981.   

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

Mar 24   Bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1981 cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77   

Mar 26   Police &Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia in the year 1981.   

Mar 26   Soyuz T-4 lands in the year 1981.   

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

Mar 27   John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in UK in the year 1981.   

Mar 28   On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

Mar 28   Viv Richards scores century in the first Test at his home Antigua on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 79   

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   On this day in history uS President Ronald Reagan wounded in an assassination attempt   

Mar 31   53rd Academy Awards "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win in the year 1981.   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1981 birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of emma Pierson, British actress   

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

May 19   In the year 1981 birth of luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer   

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

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   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 in the year 1981.   

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