Page 8: Historical Events In 1981
Thursday, 18 December 2025
May 10 François Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France in the year 1981. 


May 11 On this day in history andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London 


May 11 On this day in history bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36 


May 11 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks in the year 1981. 


May 12 Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies in the year 1981. 


May 13 Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1981. 


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 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square in the year 1981. 


May 14 On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-192 


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 On this day in history soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 


May 16 In the year 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks 


May 16 In the year 1981 pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson 


May 17 In the year 1981 hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80 


May 18 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 in the year 1981. 


May 21 François Mitterrand becomes President of France on this day in history. 


May 21 Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA in the year 1981. 


May 21 In the year 1981 stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 


May 21 In the year 1981 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 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on this day in history. 


May 23 In the year 1981 barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage 


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 in the year 1981. 


May 24 In the year 1981 bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 


May 24 George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83 on this day in history. 


May 24 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain in the year 1981. 


May 25 Al Unser becomes first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified on this day in history. 


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 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth in the year 1981. 


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