Historical Events In 1981

May 27   In the year 1981 john Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol  

May 27   Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France in the year 1981.  

May 27   In the year 1981 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

May 28   In the year 1981 mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC  

May 29   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

May 30   On this day in history "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)  

May 30   Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers in the year 1981.  

May 30   Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated on this day in history.  

Jun 01   Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97 on this day in history.  

Jun 02   In the year 1981 barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be  

Jun 03   Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jun 03   On this day in history pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life  

Jun 04   E Bowell discovers asteroids #2494 Inge, #2797 Teucer, #2870 Haupt, #3169 Ostro & #3726 on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)  

Jun 05   On this day in history george Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"  

Jun 05   On this day in history philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies  

Jun 07   On this day in history iraq's only nuclear reactor is destroyed by Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers.  

Jun 09   Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 10   On this day in history iRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail  

Jun 10   Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68 in the year 1981.  

Jun 11   On this day in history eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73  

Jun 11   On this day in history golbaf earthquake in Iran killing 3,000 people  

Jun 11   Southern Iran a 6.9 quake killed 3000 with many injured, and extensive damage in Kerman Province on this day in history.  

Jun 12   On this day in history baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike  

Jun 13   39 Unification church couples wed in Germany on this day in history.  

Jun 13   Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II in the year 1981.  

Jun 13   On this day in history tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"  

Jun 14   In the year 1981 the French Socialist Party wins landslide presidential vote  

Jun 16   On this day in history humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered  

Jun 19   Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified in the year 1981.  

Jun 19   European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit on this day in history.  

Jun 19   Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa in the year 1981.  

Jun 19   India's APPLE satellite, first to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched in the year 1981.  

Jun 21   12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000 on this day in history.  

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Apr 02   Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer was born in the year 1981.  

Apr 02   In the year 1981 birth of bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress  

Apr 28   Jessica Alba, American actress was born in the year 1981.  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of john O'Shea, Irish footballer  

Apr 30   In the year 1981 birth of emma Pierson, British actress  

May 19   Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter was born in the year 1981.  

May 19   In the year 1981 birth of luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer  

May 22   On this day in history birth of bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of hephzibah Menuhin, American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)  

Jan 02   David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883) died in the year 1981.  

Jan 05   In the year 1981 harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87  

Jan 06   A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 in the year 1981.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history matthew Beard, entertainer, dies  

Jan 09   Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.