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1981 Calendar

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•  January 20, 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
•  February 5, 1981 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
•  April 18, 1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
•  May 12, 1981 – Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners.
•  May 25, 1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
•  June 13, 1981 – At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
•  August 3, 1981 – Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
•  September 15, 1981 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
•  September 25, 1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the 102nd person sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first woman to hold the office.
•  December 4, 1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei “homeland” (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

•  March 3, 1981 – Lil' Flip, American rapper
•  May 8, 1981 – Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist, singer, songwriter
•  May 15, 1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
•  May 30, 1981 – Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver
•  August 30, 1981 – Germán Legarreta, American actor
•  September 8, 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
•  October 16, 1981 – Ali B, Dutch rapper
•  November 6, 1981 – Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
•  December 16, 1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
•  December 30, 1981 – Matt Ulrich, American football player