Historical Events In 1981

Feb 23   People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history spanish army officers attempt a coup in the Spanish Parliament   

Feb 23   On this day in history spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails   

Feb 24   On this day in history buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.   

Feb 24   On this day in history jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower   

Feb 25   L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain in the year 1981.   

Feb 25   The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders on this day in history.   

Feb 25   In the year 1981 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Feb 26   3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since August 1980 are released in the year 1981.   

Feb 26   FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 in the year 1981.   

Feb 26   On this day in history french Train à Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run   

Feb 27   Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   In the year 1981 paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"   

Feb 28   In the year 1981 china PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan   

Mar 01   On this day in history "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances   

Mar 01   On this day in history alberta cuts oil production to protest Ottawa's National Energy Policy the federal government replies by a compensation charge as Energy Minister Marc Lalonde matches Alberta cutbacks by a "Lougheed Levy" to subsidize imports   

Mar 01   Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison (he dies) on this day in history.   

Mar 01   IRA member Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike at Northern Ireland's Maze Prison. (Sands died 65 days later.) in the year 1981.   

Mar 01   In the year 1981 sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic   

Mar 02   Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC in the year 1981.   

Mar 02   In the year 1981 janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia), dies at 30   

Mar 04   Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at 64 in the year 1981.   

Mar 05   On this day in history uS government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer   

Mar 05   World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1981 cBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite gives his last newscast.   

Mar 06   On this day in history france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

Mar 06   George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Soyuz 39 returns to Earth in the year 1981.   

Mar 06   Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News" on this day in history.   

Mar 07   John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73 in the year 1981.   

Mar 07   In the year 1981 the first homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death   

Mar 08   Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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   Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87 in the year 1981.   

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

Jan 07   Jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1981 matthew Beard, entertainer, dies   

Jan 09   In the year 1981 kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58