Historical Events In 1981
Friday, 11 October 2024
Mar 31 In the year 1981 53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win
Apr 01 In the year 1981 d[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
Apr 01 On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante
Apr 02 On this day in history a Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400
Apr 03 On this day in history arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg
Apr 03 Race riots in London's Brixton area in the year 1981.
Apr 04 On this day in history brad Johnson actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
Apr 04 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56 on this day in history.
Apr 04 In the year 1981 henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
Apr 05 On this day in history 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
Apr 05 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 in the year 1981.
Apr 05 In the year 1981 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2383 Bradley and #2433 Sootiyo
Apr 05 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes in the year 1981.
Apr 05 The Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev goes to Czechoslovakia to discuss Polish crisis on this day in history.
Apr 06 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies in the year 1981.
Apr 07 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec on this day in history.
Apr 08 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante in the year 1981.
Apr 08 In the year 1981 norman Taurog, dies
Apr 09 In the year 1981 gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88
Apr 09 Scott Gwartz was born on this day in history.
Apr 09 On this day in history uS sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
Apr 10 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers on this day in history.
Apr 10 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded on this day in history.
Apr 10 In the year 1981 imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment
Apr 11 Marie Ney, dies at 85 in the year 1981.
Apr 11 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him in the year 1981.
Apr 11 On this day in history valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
Apr 12 In the year 1981 first launching of re-useable Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) with all Navy crew. CAPT John W. Young, USN (Ret.) commanded, while LCDR Robert L. Crippen, USN was the pilot. Mission duration was 2 days, 6 hours, and 20 minutes. Sixteen of the shuttle's heat-shielding silicon tiles were lost and 148 damaged during reentry.
Apr 12 First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable on this day in history.
Apr 12 Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
Apr 13 Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) in the year 1981.
Apr 14 Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth on this day in history.
Apr 14 On this day in history the first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched
Apr 15 In the year 1981 french Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
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