Historical Events In 1981
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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