Page 7: Historical Events In 1981
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Apr 20 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs 


Apr 20 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession. 


Apr 21 Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 and 1 in only Test for England), dies 


Apr 22 Brailsford Reese Brazeal (76) dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 


Apr 22 Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 


Apr 24 IBM-PC introduced 


Apr 24 In this year, Bill Shoemaker claims his 8000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey 


Apr 25 Dixie a mouse who lived 6« years 


Apr 25 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28) 


Apr 26 Jim Davis actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65. 


Apr 26 Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65. 


Apr 26 Madge Evans TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71 


Apr 27 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach. 


Apr 27 The inaugural female soccer official is hired by the NASL. 


Apr 28 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79. 


Apr 28 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79. 


Apr 29 Phillie Steve Carlton strikes out his 3000th batter 


Apr 30 John Lauchlan and James Blench; both natives of Seebe, Alberta, reach summit of 7454.5m Mt. Gangapurna in the Himalayas by a new south face route 


May 01 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett. 


May 01 Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75. 


May 01 Harrison Williams (Senator-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges. 


May 01 In this year, Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 


May 01 Ottawa imposes special tax of $1.15 per barrel to pay for Petro-Canada's purchase of Petrofina, and are Albertans happy NOT 


May 02 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes. 


May 05 Bobby Sands, IRA activist/terrorist dies in the 66th day of his hunger strike 


May 06 US expels Libyan diplomats 


May 07 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 


May 08 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 


May 09 C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies 


May 09 Kazimiroff Blvd in the Bronx named for a Bronx historian. 


May 11 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London 


May 11 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 


May 11 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 


May 12 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies 


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