Today in History for Year 1981 (Part 8)

Months in Year 1981: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 701 - 759 of 759

Dec 1st - 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
Dec 1st - Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
Dec 1st - The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
Dec 2nd - Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
Dec 2nd - Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
Dec 2nd - Spanish government requests membership in NATO
Dec 3rd - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
Dec 3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 4th - "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
Dec 4th - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
Dec 4th - According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
Dec 5th - 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
Dec 5th - 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
Dec 5th - France performs nuclear test
Dec 6th - Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
Dec 7th - Spain becomes a member of the NATO
Dec 8th - France performs nuclear test
Dec 9th - Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
Dec 10th - -13] El Salvador army kills 900
Dec 10th - Jules Feiffer's "Grownups," premieres in NYC
Dec 10th - The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.
Dec 11th - Argentine president/gen Roberto Viola flees
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali Dec 11th - Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
Dec 11th - Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
Dec 11th - Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Dec 11th - UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
Dec 11th - Wash Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
Dec 11th - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war.
Dec 12th - "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
Dec 12th - Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982
Dec 12th - Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
Dec 13th - 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
Dec 13th - Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
Dec 14th - Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
Dec 15th - 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Dec 15th - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 503
Dec 16th - Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky Dec 17th - Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brig Gen James L Dozier
Dec 19th - Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
Dec 20th - "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
Dec 20th - Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
Dec 20th - Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark
Dec 20th - Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in NYC
Dec 21st - Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
Dec 22nd - Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
Dec 22nd - Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
Dec 23rd - Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033
Dec 24th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 26th - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI
Dec 27th - Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
Dec 27th - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
Dec 27th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 28th - Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo
Dec 28th - Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98
Dec 28th - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
Dec 30th - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
Dec 31st - CNN Headline News debuts
Dec 31st - Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution
Dec 31st - Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 701 - 796 of 796

Nov 16th - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
Nov 16th - Osi Umenyiora, English-born NFL football player
Nov 17th - Sarah Harding, English singer (Girls Aloud)
Nov 18th - Christina Vidal, American actress
Nov 18th - Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
Nov 20th - Jilen Siroky, 200m breaststroke (Olympics-96)
Nov 20th - Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
Nov 20th - Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
Nov 21st - Wesley Britt, American football player
Nov 21st - Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
Nov 21st - Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
Nov 22nd - Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
Nov 22nd - Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
Nov 22nd - Ben Adams, English singer
Nov 25th - Barbara and Jenna Bush (twin daughters of U.S. president George W. Bush)
Nov 25th - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
Nov 25th - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
Nov 25th - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
Nov 26th - Jamie Fiske, liver transplant recipient
Twin daughter of US President George W. Bush Barbara Pierce Bush (Nov 25th) Nov 26th - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
Nov 26th - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
Nov 26th - Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
Nov 26th - Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
Nov 26th - Natalie Gauci, Australian Idol 2007 winner
Nov 27th - Gary Lucy, Actor
Nov 27th - Matthew Taylor, English footballer
Nov 29th - Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
Nov 30th - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
Dec 2nd - Britney Spears, Kentwood, Louisiana, singer and popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I did it again" and "I'm A Slave 4 U")
Dec 2nd - Danijel Pranjić, Croatian football player plays for SC Heerenveen
Dec 2nd - Isabella Soprano, American pornographic actress
Dec 3rd - Brian Bonsall, actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)
Dec 3rd - Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
Dec 3rd - David Villa, Spanish footballer
Pop Star Britney Spears (Dec 2nd) Dec 3rd - Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
Dec 5th - Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress
Dec 8th - Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
Dec 8th - Philip Rivers, American football player
Dec 9th - Mardy Fish, American tennis player
Dec 9th - Diya Mirza, Indian actress
Dec 10th - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
Dec 10th - Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer
Dec 10th - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
Dec 11th - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
Dec 11th - Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
Dec 11th - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
Dec 11th - Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
Dec 11th - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
Dec 12th - Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
Dec 12th - Ronnie Brown, American football player
Dec 12th - Shane Costa, American baseball player
Dec 12th - Jeret Peterson, American aerial skier
Dec 12th - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
Dec 12th - Stephen Warnock, English footballer
Dec 13th - Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad)
Dec 13th - Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)
Dec 14th - Emilie Heymans, Canadian diver
Dec 14th - Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
Dec 14th - Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler
Dec 14th - Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
Dec 14th - Liam Lawrence, English footballer
Dec 15th - Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
Dec 15th - Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian football player
Dec 15th - Najoua Belyzel, French singer
Dec 15th - Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor
Dec 15th - Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
Dec 15th - Creighton Lovelace, American Baptist minister
Dec 16th - Took Leng How, Malaysian criminal (d. 2006)
Dec 16th - Flo Rida, American rapper
Dec 16th - Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer
Dec 16th - Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
Dec 17th - Emma Laaksonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
Dec 19th - Stevie Ficker, Miss Oregon Teen USA (1997)
Dec 20th - Roy Williams, American football player
Dec 20th - James Shields, American baseball player
Dec 20th - Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)
Dec 21st - Cristian Zaccardo, Italian football player
Dec 21st - Frankie Abernathy, American actress, The Real World: San Diego (d. 2007)
Dec 21st - Sajid Mahmood, English cricketer
Dec 21st - Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer
Dec 23rd - Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
Dec 23rd - Beth, Spanish singer
Dec 24th - Dima Bilan, Karachay-Russian pop artist
Dec 25th - Katie Wright, American actress
Dec 25th - Willy Taveras, baseball player
Dec 27th - Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
Dec 27th - Javine, British singer
Dec 28th - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby
Dec 28th - Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
Dec 28th - Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
Dec 28th - Sienna Miller, British actress
Dec 30th - Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
Dec 30th - Michael Rodríguez, Costa Rican footballer
Dec 30th - Matt Ulrich, American football player
Dec 31st - Jason Campbell, American football player
Dec 31st - Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player