1981 Calendar
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1981 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1981
– Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
February 5, 1981
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
February 11, 1981
– 100000 USgal of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
February 13, 1981
– A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
May 10, 1981
– François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
June 17, 1981
– Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: In the Hyatt Regency Hotel the 2nd and 4th floor walkways collapse crushing 144 people to death, this was the worst structural failure in the United States.
July 27, 1981
– British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
August 30, 1981
– President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People’s Mujahedin of Iran.
December 14, 1981
– Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel’s Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.
December 17, 1981
– Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigade in Verona, Italy.
Who Were Born On 1981?
March 24, 1981
– Mike Adams, American football player
April 10, 1981
– Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
May 8, 1981
– Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
June 10, 1981
– Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein, Jordanian royalty
July 19, 1981
– Nenê, Brazilian footballer
September 13, 1981
– August, American pornographic actress
September 14, 1981
– Katie Lee, American television presenter
September 24, 1981
– Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
November 15, 1981
– Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
December 14, 1981
– Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress