Page 6: Historical Events In 1981

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante on this day in history.   

Apr 02   A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 in the year 1981.   

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   In the year 1981 brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56   

Apr 04   On this day in history henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)   

Apr 05   10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1981 bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36   

Apr 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1981.   

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   On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante   

Apr 08   Norman Taurog, dies in the year 1981.   

Apr 09   Gen Omar Bradley last 5-star general, dies in NY at 88 in the year 1981.   

Apr 09   On this day in history scott Gwartz was born   

Apr 09   On this day in history uS sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru   

Apr 10   In the year 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premiers   

Apr 10   In the year 1981 computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded   

Apr 10   In the year 1981 imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliment   

Apr 11   On this day in history marie Ney, dies at 85   

Apr 11   Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him in the year 1981.   

Apr 11   Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen on this day in history.   

Apr 12   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 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   First space shuttle (Columbia) launched Americans prove to Russians that theirs is better because it's recyclable in the year 1981.   

Apr 12   In the year 1981 hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78   

Apr 13   Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth in the year 1981.   

Apr 14   On this day in history the first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched   

Apr 15   French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 in the year 1981.   

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

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

Apr 30   Emma Pierson, British actress was born in the year 1981.   

May 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1981 death of hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1981 harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87   

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

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

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

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