Historical Events in 1981 (Part 3)

Events 401 - 600 of 760

• Jun 27 Cambodia adopts its constitution

• Jun 27 Pamela Jenks, aged 21, is crowned the 14th Miss Black America

• Jun 28 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
• Jun 28 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
• Jun 29 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Tehran, 72 killed

• Jun 30 Zwelakhe Sisulu, President of the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa, is detained
• Jul 1 Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded)
• Jul 1 Nell Dunn's "Steaming" premieres in London

• Jul 1 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3

• Jul 3 NYC transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token

• Jul 5 Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections
• Jul 5 Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of π (Pi) from memory
• Jul 5 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Jul 7 The solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, successfully completes a 163 mile flight across the English Channel

• Jul 8 France performs nuclear test
• Jul 8 French Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
• Jul 8 Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
• Jul 9 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
• Jul 9 Nintendo releases arcade game Donkey Kong in Japan (July 31 in the US)
• Jul 10 Walt Disney's "Fox & The Hound" released
• Jul 10 CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)
• Jul 10 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• Jul 11 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
• Jul 11 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony

• Jul 14 Kevin Wade's "Key Exchange," premieres in London
• Jul 16 India performs nuclear Test
• Jul 16 Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously
• Jul 17 "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 performances
• Jul 17 Humber Estuary Bridge in UK opens, world's longest span (1.4 km)
• Jul 17 Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
• Jul 17 Lobby walkways at Kansas City's Hyatt Regency hotel collapse killing 114 and injuring over 200
• Jul 17 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Jul 17 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
• Jul 17 Glasdrumman ambush: the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a British Army post in South Armagh, killing 1 soldier and injuring another
• Jul 18 Polish communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek

• Jul 19 68th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
• Jul 20 England set for innings loss v Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
• Jul 20 Irene Sáez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe
• Jul 21 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
• Jul 22 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in Rome, Italy
• Jul 23 14th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
• Jul 24 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected president of Iran
• Jul 25 Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby test between New Zealand's All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game
• Jul 26 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
• Jul 26 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles

• Jul 29 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
• Jul 29 Former Iranian president Bani Sadr flees to Paris
• Jul 29 Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police who use batons to stop them marching to South Africa’s Consul in New Zealand
• Jul 30 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
• Jul 30 Simon Gray's "Quartermaine's Terms" premieres in London
• Jul 31 Mid-season strike by MLB players ends after 42 days causing cancellation of 713 games; players and owners come to an agreement on free agent compensation
• Jul 31 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Association
• Aug 1 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
• Aug 1 Poland premier Jagielski resigns

• Aug 2 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham takes 5 for 11 to end Australia's chase of 151 target, all out 121 for 29 run defeat in 4th Test at Edgbaston

• Aug 3 France performs nuclear test in Pacific
• Aug 3 Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
• Aug 4 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission

• Aug 5 US President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers
• Aug 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Aug 6 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron freed
• Aug 6 NASA launches US Navy communication system Fltsatcom-5 - fails after being damaged during flight
• Aug 7 "The Washington Star" ceases all operations after 128 years of publication
• Aug 8 At a summit South African Trade Unions resolve to defy apartheid and labour laws
• Aug 9 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
• Aug 9 Six English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)

• Aug 9 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos)
• Aug 9 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
• Aug 10 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business

• Aug 10 Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
• Aug 12 IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0)


• Aug 12 Jon Erikson (US) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27)
• Aug 13 American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women's 200 m butterfly record (2:05.96) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
• Aug 13 Last broadcast of "The Waltons" on CBS-TV
• Aug 14 George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront

• Aug 15 Ian Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford
• Aug 15 Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
• Aug 16 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
• Aug 16 American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women's 100 m butterfly record (57.93) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; holds 100/200m double WR
• Aug 18 "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances

• Aug 18 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
• Aug 19 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
• Aug 24 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel

• Aug 25 Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)

• Aug 26 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
• Aug 26 Voyager 2 takes photos of Saturn's moon Titan
• Aug 27 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard sunken Italian liner Andrea Doria
• Aug 27 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• Aug 28 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
• Aug 28 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
• Aug 29 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
• Aug 29 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
• Aug 30 Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win a $1 million thoroughbred horse race when John Henry takes the inaugural Arlington Million by a nose over The Bart
• Aug 31 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
• Aug 31 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired & replaced by Dick Howser
• Sep 1 Fast bowler Terry Alderman takes his 42nd wicket of the series on the last day of the 5th cricket Test vs England at The Oval; haul remains record by an Australian bowler in England; England wins series 3-1


• Sep 1 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
• Sep 1 Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees
• Sep 1 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show
• Sep 1 Northern Ireland’s first religiously integrated secondary school opens
• Sep 1 Mike Brearley's last day as England cricket captain in 6th Test draw v Australia at The Oval; maintains his unbeaten record at home as England's 3-1 series win confirmed
• Sep 2 USSR performs underground nuclear test
• Sep 2 38th Venice Film Festival: "Die bleierne Zeit" directed by Margarethe von Trotta wins Golden Lion
• Sep 3 Longest MLB game in Fenway Park history is suspended after 19 innings at Seattle Mariners 7, Boston Red Sox 7; Mariners win 8-7 in 20 the following morning
• Sep 4 Longest MLB game at Fenway Park ends in 20 innings; Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7

• Sep 4 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Sep 6 Musical "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial NYC after 1082 performances
• Sep 6 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon named NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• Sep 7 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
• Sep 7 Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
• Sep 7 West Tampa Fl defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
• Sep 8 British TV comedy "Only Fools and Horses" created by John Sullivan, starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lennard Pearce premieres on BBC One
• Sep 9 Vernon E Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League
• Sep 10 "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso returns to Spain
• Sep 11 2nd government of Van Agt forms in Netherlands
• Sep 12 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
• Sep 12 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles

• Sep 13 33rd Emmy Awards: "Taxi", "Hill Street Blues", Judd Hirsch and Isabel Sanford win
• Sep 13 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13"
• Sep 13 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
• Sep 13 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• Sep 13 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins 3rd straight US title; beats Björn Borg 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in Borg's last Grand Slam match
• Sep 14 Judge Wapner & People's Court premiere on TV


• Sep 14 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
• Sep 15 US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor for the US Supreme Court

• Sep 15 The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
• Sep 15 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.

• Sep 18 Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• Sep 19 Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
• Sep 19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
• Sep 19 6th Toronto International Film Festival: "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson wins the People's Choice Award

• Sep 20 Joe Danelo kicks then NY Giant record 55 yard field goal
• Sep 21 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK

• Sep 21 Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air
• Sep 22 Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to US Supreme Court
• Sep 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Sep 25 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as the 1st female US Supreme Court Justice

• Sep 25 Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Philadelphia)
• Sep 26 USSR performs underground nuclear test
• Sep 27 "Day in Hollywood, A Night.." closes at John Golden NY after 588 performances
• Sep 27 Iran defends its besieged port of Abadan, driving back Iraqi forces
• Sep 28 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City

• Sep 30 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to KC 5-2
• Sep 30 International Olympic Committee votes to award Seoul, South Korea as host of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games
• Sep 30 French parliament votes to abolish the death penalty, led by Minister of Justice Robert Badinter
• Oct 1 J Chodorov/N Panama's "Talent for Murder" premieres in London
• Oct 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya

• Oct 2 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran
• Oct 2 17 year old gelding Behavin Jerry, the oldest winning racehorse in modern times, sets record for most career starts by a thoroughbred, 307
• Oct 3 Milwaukee Brewers and Montreal Expos clinch their first-ever postseason appearances; Brewers beat Detroit, 2 - 1, for AL East title; Expos defeat NY Mets, 5 - 4, for NL East second playoff spot
• Oct 3 Irish Nationalists at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-month hunger strike

• Oct 4 Meadowlands Arena opens in New Jersey
• Oct 5 Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
• Oct 5 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary American (posthumously)

• Oct 7 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
• Oct 8 USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Bobby Unser

• Oct 9 Abolition of capital punishment in France.

• Oct 11 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
• Oct 11 Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
• Oct 11 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
• Oct 12 "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances

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