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Historical Events In 1981
Friday, 31 March 2023
May 10 In the year 1981 françois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 
May 11 On this day in history andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
May 11 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1981 kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
May 12 In the year 1981 benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
May 13 Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
May 13 On this day in history dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
May 13 Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded on this day in history.
May 13 On this day in history pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
May 14 NASA launches space vehicle S-192 on this day in history.
May 14 In the year 1981 the Bank of Canada raises lending rate to further record high of 18.98%.
May 15 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK in the year 1981.
May 15 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 on this day in history.
May 16 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks in the year 1981.
May 16 On this day in history pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson
May 17 Hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
May 18 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 on this day in history.
May 21 On this day in history françois Mitterrand becomes President of France
May 21 On this day in history kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
May 21 In the year 1981 stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
May 21 On this day in history stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
May 21 Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies on this day in history.
May 22 On this day in history soyuz 40 returns to Earth
May 23 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage in the year 1981.
May 23 On this day in history george Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
May 23 NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.
May 24 In the year 1981 bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500
May 24 In the year 1981 george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
May 24 In the year 1981 hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
May 25 Al Unser becomes first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified in the year 1981.
May 25 Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours on this day in history.
May 25 In the year 1981 rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
May 26 In the year 1981 marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
May 26 In the year 1981 soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
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