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Events on the year of 1981 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1981 Georgia beats Notre Dame in Sugar Bowl for college football title
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01 Jan 1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
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01 Jan 1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
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01 Jan 1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
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01 Jan 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors
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01 Jan 1981 Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
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01 Jan 1981 Greece is admitted into the European Community.
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02 Jan 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)
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02 Jan 1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan
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02 Jan 1981 One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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03 Jan 1981 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75)
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03 Jan 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr
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03 Jan 1981 Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG
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03 Jan 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)
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04 Jan 1981 "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway
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04 Jan 1981 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances
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04 Jan 1981 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63)
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04 Jan 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper"
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05 Jan 1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes
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05 Jan 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women
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06 Jan 1981 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
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08 Jan 1981 "Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 772 performances
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08 Jan 1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs. Australia
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08 Jan 1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
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08 Jan 1981 A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
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09 Jan 1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
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10 Jan 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"
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10 Jan 1981 Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
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10 Jan 1981 John Severin sets 100-mile unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
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11 Jan 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 93 performances
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11 Jan 1981 Palau adopts constitution
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11 Jan 1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
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11 Jan 1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City NY after 93 performances
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12 Jan 1981 "Dynasty" with Joan Collins premieres on ABC-TV
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12 Jan 1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
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12 Jan 1981 "Dynasty", a prime time soap opera inspired by Dallas, starring Joan Collins, premieres on ABC-TV
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12 Jan 1981 -35
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13 Jan 1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colo, crochets record 147 stitches / min for 1 / 2 hour
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13 Jan 1981 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson & Howard Nemerov
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13 Jan 1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals
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13 Jan 1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minutes for 30 minutes
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14 Jan 1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
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15 Jan 1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
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15 Jan 1981 Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
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15 Jan 1981 Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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15 Jan 1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
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16 Jan 1981 Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg
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16 Jan 1981 John Lennon releases "Woman" in the UK
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16 Jan 1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth
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16 Jan 1981 Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband
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16 Jan 1981 John Lennon's "Woman" is released in UK
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17 Jan 1981 President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
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17 Jan 1981 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege
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18 Jan 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).
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18 Jan 1981 Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
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18 Jan 1981 Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
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19 Jan 1981 Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
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19 Jan 1981 US & Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages
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19 Jan 1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
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20 Jan 1981 Frank C Carlucci, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
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20 Jan 1981 Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
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20 Jan 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
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20 Jan 1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
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20 Jan 1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Retired), ends term as 12th director of CIA
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20 Jan 1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as President
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21 Jan 1981 Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
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21 Jan 1981 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York subway train
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21 Jan 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City NY for 54 performances
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22 Jan 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
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22 Jan 1981 40th Islander shut-out opponent-3-0 vs Red Wings-Billy Smith 15th
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23 Jan 1981 1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente, California)
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23 Jan 1981 Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games
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23 Jan 1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
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23 Jan 1981 Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana & Joe Rudi
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24 Jan 1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques
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24 Jan 1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 vs India at Adelaide
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25 Jan 1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
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25 Jan 1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
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25 Jan 1981 Super Bowl XV Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Jim Plunkett, Oakland, Quarterback
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26 Jan 1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval
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28 Jan 1981 Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
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28 Jan 1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision
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28 Jan 1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City NY for 12 performances
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28 Jan 1981 William J Casey becomes the 13th director of CIA (until 1987)
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29 Jan 1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million
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30 Jan 1981 8th American Music Award Kenny Rogers wins
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31 Jan 1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
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31 Jan 1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
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31 Jan 1981 38th Golden Globes Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter
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31 Jan 1981 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39)
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01 Feb 1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
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01 Feb 1981 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
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01 Feb 1981 Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies, " premieres in New York City
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01 Feb 1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
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01 Feb 1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
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01 Feb 1981 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
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01 Feb 1981 Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
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03 Feb 1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup
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03 Feb 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected Premier of Norway
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05 Feb 1981 "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances
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05 Feb 1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
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05 Feb 1981 Military jury in NC convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy
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06 Feb 1981 "Brady Brides, " debuts on NBC TV
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06 Feb 1981 Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon
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06 Feb 1981 Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4)
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06 Feb 1981 The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
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08 Feb 1981 "Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances
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08 Feb 1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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08 Feb 1981 US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak
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08 Feb 1981 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
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08 Feb 1981 Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
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10 Feb 1981 A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel–casino kills eight and injures 198.
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10 Feb 1981 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
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10 Feb 1981 33rd NHL All-Star Game Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at Los Angeles CA
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10 Feb 1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
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11 Feb 1981 Around 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
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11 Feb 1981 Australia all out 83 vs India at MCG chasing 143 to win
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11 Feb 1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
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12 Feb 1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Building, 10m
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12 Feb 1981 Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
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12 Feb 1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
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12 Feb 1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution
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13 Feb 1981 A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
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13 Feb 1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
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14 Feb 1981 Stardust fire: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
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15 Feb 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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15 Feb 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 km/h, Lake George, New York
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17 Feb 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history
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19 Feb 1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
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20 Feb 1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
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20 Feb 1981 James Sanford equals 50 meter indoor world record (5.61 seconds)
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21 Feb 1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
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21 Feb 1981 Charles Rocket clearly says "fuck" on Saturday Night Live
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21 Feb 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
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21 Feb 1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
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22 Feb 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
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23 Feb 1981 In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
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23 Feb 1981 People magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips
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23 Feb 1981 Spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
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24 Feb 1981 An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
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24 Feb 1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
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24 Feb 1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
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24 Feb 1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer
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25 Feb 1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
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25 Feb 1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
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25 Feb 1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 minutes)
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25 Feb 1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
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25 Feb 1981 23rd Grammy Awards Sailing-Christopher Cross, Billy Joel win
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25 Feb 1981 Executive Board of Baseball Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
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25 Feb 1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
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25 Feb 1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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26 Feb 1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn and Bost
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26 Feb 1981 Boston & Minnesota play most penalty-filled NHL game-406 minute total
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26 Feb 1981 French Train
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26 Feb 1981 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since August 1980 are released
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27 Feb 1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record "Ebony and Ivory"
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27 Feb 1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
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27 Feb 1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
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28 Feb 1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
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28 Feb 1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
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01 Mar 1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 performances
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01 Mar 1981 Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike (he dies)
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01 Mar 1981 Irish Republican Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison
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01 Mar 1981 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
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01 Mar 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
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02 Mar 1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
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02 Mar 1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington DC
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03 Mar 1981 New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
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05 Mar 1981 "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 4 performances
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05 Mar 1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB)
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05 Mar 1981 Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS)
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05 Mar 1981 US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer
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05 Mar 1981 The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
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06 Mar 1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
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06 Mar 1981 Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"
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06 Mar 1981 Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann
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06 Mar 1981 After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
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07 Mar 1981 "Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 4 performances
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07 Mar 1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
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08 Mar 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Queensland 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game
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08 Mar 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
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09 Mar 1981 Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
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11 Mar 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins
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11 Mar 1981 Johnny Mize & Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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12 Mar 1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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12 Mar 1981 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little" premieres in New York NY
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12 Mar 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA
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13 Mar 1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
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13 Mar 1981 NCAA St Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
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15 Mar 1981 "Broadway Follies" opens / closes at Nederlander Theater, New York City
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15 Mar 1981 "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater NYC
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15 Mar 1981 Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
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15 Mar 1981 Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker
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17 Mar 1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
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18 Mar 1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
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19 Mar 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
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19 Mar 1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
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19 Mar 1981 Emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time
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20 Mar 1981 Argentine ex-President Isabel Per
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20 Mar 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Doctor
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22 Mar 1981 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
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22 Mar 1981 1st class postage raised to 18
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22 Mar 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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22 Mar 1981 Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
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22 Mar 1981 Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8)
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23 Mar 1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions
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23 Mar 1981 Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men
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24 Mar 1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC
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24 Mar 1981 Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
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24 Mar 1981 Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba
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26 Mar 1981 Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia
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26 Mar 1981 Soyuz T-4 lands
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27 Mar 1981 John Lennon releases "Watching the Wheels" in the UK
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27 Mar 1981 The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
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27 Mar 1981 John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" is released in UK
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28 Mar 1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 meter 40.18 seconds)
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28 Mar 1981 France performs nuclear test
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28 Mar 1981 Gabi Sch
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28 Mar 1981 Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua
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28 Mar 1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500 meter (36.91 seconds)
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29 Mar 1981 "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
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29 Mar 1981 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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29 Mar 1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110 meter
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30 Mar 1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time.
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30 Mar 1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
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30 Mar 1981 President Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
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31 Mar 1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People, " R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win
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31 Mar 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
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01 Apr 1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
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02 Apr 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon
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03 Apr 1981 The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
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04 Apr 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
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04 Apr 1981 The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
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05 Apr 1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez
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05 Apr 1981 Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
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06 Apr 1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo
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07 Apr 1981 Belgium Eyskens government forms
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07 Apr 1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
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08 Apr 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
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09 Apr 1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
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09 Apr 1981 The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
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10 Apr 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
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10 Apr 1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
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10 Apr 1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
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10 Apr 1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament
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10 Apr 1981 France performs nuclear test
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11 Apr 1981 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
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11 Apr 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
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11 Apr 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
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11 Apr 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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11 Apr 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
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12 Apr 1981 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place - the STS-1 mission.
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12 Apr 1981 Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
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12 Apr 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
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12 Apr 1981 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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13 Apr 1981 Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
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13 Apr 1981 Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
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13 Apr 1981 Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize)
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14 Apr 1981 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
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14 Apr 1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
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15 Apr 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story
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16 Apr 1981 "Copperfield" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
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16 Apr 1981 Columbia space shuttle returns [04 / 24]
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17 Apr 1981 Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
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17 Apr 1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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18 Apr 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.
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18 Apr 1981 Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
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19 Apr 1981 Oakland Athletics runs record to 11-0
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19 Apr 1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
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19 Apr 1981 Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)
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19 Apr 1981 William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos", premieres in NYC
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20 Apr 1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
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20 Apr 1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
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20 Apr 1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
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20 Apr 1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46
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21 Apr 1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
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22 Apr 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
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22 Apr 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers on strike
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22 Apr 1981 Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts
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22 Apr 1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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24 Apr 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
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24 Apr 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record
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24 Apr 1981 IBM-PC computer introduced
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24 Apr 1981 US ends grain embargo against USSR
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25 Apr 1981 More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.
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25 Apr 1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
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25 Apr 1981 Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
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26 Apr 1981 "Copperfield" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
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26 Apr 1981 Largest US bank robbery (Tucson, Arizona), more than $33 million stolen
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26 Apr 1981 Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
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26 Apr 1981 Beth Solomon wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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27 Apr 1981 Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
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27 Apr 1981 1st female soccer official is hired by the NASL
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27 Apr 1981 Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
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29 Apr 1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
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29 Apr 1981 Philadelphia Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
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30 Apr 1981 "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
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30 Apr 1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards Barbara Mandrell & George Jones win
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01 May 1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
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01 May 1981 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges
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01 May 1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
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02 May 1981 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
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02 May 1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
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03 May 1981 "Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
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03 May 1981 "Moony, Shapiro Songbook" opens and closes at Morosco Theater, New York City
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04 May 1981 Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
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04 May 1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
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04 May 1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
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05 May 1981 Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
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06 May 1981 "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
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06 May 1981 Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann
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06 May 1981 US expels Libyan diplomats
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06 May 1981 A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
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08 May 1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
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09 May 1981 Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx Historian
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10 May 1981 François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
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10 May 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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10 May 1981 Fran
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10 May 1981 Montr
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11 May 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
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11 May 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
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12 May 1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 performances
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12 May 1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Minnesota
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12 May 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.
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13 May 1981 Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
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13 May 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
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13 May 1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
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14 May 1981 35th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2
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14 May 1981 NASA launches space vehicle S-192
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15 May 1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in the UK
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15 May 1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
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15 May 1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
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15 May 1981 Leonard Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
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15 May 1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
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15 May 1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
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16 May 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
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16 May 1981 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
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16 May 1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
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16 May 1981 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson
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17 May 1981 "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 14 performances
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17 May 1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
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17 May 1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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19 May 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires the next 27 batters
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20 May 1981 Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam
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21 May 1981 Francois Mitterrand becomes President of France
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21 May 1981 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
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21 May 1981 Irish Republican hunger strikers Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara die on hunger strike in Maze prison.
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21 May 1981 The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
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21 May 1981 Fran
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21 May 1981 Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
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22 May 1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
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23 May 1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
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23 May 1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
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24 May 1981 Al Unser wins, loses, and wins a controversial Indy 500
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24 May 1981 Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
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24 May 1981 Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500
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24 May 1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
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24 May 1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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25 May 1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)
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25 May 1981 In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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25 May 1981 Al Unser becomes 1st Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified
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25 May 1981 Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
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25 May 1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets American League record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
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26 May 1981 Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
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26 May 1981 An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
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26 May 1981 Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
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26 May 1981 Soyuz T-4 returns to Earth
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27 May 1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
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27 May 1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but the umpire says no
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27 May 1981 Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris France
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27 May 1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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29 May 1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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30 May 1981 "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
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30 May 1981 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
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30 May 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)
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31 May 1981 The burning of Jaffna library in Sri Lanka. It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
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31 May 1981 Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
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02 Jun 1981 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
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03 Jun 1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt
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04 Jun 1981 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus
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05 Jun 1981 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
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05 Jun 1981 George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
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05 Jun 1981 TODAY / PC runs for 1st time
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05 Jun 1981 The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
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06 Jun 1981 113th Belmont: George Martens aboard Summing wins in 2:29
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06 Jun 1981 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64)
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06 Jun 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial
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06 Jun 1981 Bihar train disaster: a passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the death toll is closer to 1,000.
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07 Jun 1981 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win
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07 Jun 1981 Israeli F-15 / F-16 destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
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07 Jun 1981 The Israeli Air Force destroyed Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
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08 Jun 1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters
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08 Jun 1981 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
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10 Jun 1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Company
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10 Jun 1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
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10 Jun 1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
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10 Jun 1981 Sebastian Coe of Englands sets the 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
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11 Jun 1981 Cannibal Issei Sagawa kills Dutch student
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11 Jun 1981 A Richter scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
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11 Jun 1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
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12 Jun 1981 "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres
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12 Jun 1981 3rd baseball strike starts
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12 Jun 1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
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12 Jun 1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti Presidential election
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12 Jun 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
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13 Jun 1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"
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13 Jun 1981 At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
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13 Jun 1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
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13 Jun 1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
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14 Jun 1981 27th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
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14 Jun 1981 No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
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16 Jun 1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
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17 Jun 1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
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18 Jun 1981 Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced
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18 Jun 1981 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
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18 Jun 1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra
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19 Jun 1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa
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19 Jun 1981 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
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19 Jun 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit
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19 Jun 1981 India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched
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20 Jun 1981 Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats
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20 Jun 1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime
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20 Jun 1981 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection
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21 Jun 1981 81st US Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion Golf Club - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
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21 Jun 1981 Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan
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21 Jun 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf
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21 Jun 1981 Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200
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21 Jun 1981 Socialists / communists win French parliamentary election
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21 Jun 1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000
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22 Jun 1981 Iran President Bani Sadr deposed
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22 Jun 1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2
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22 Jun 1981 John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon
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22 Jun 1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
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23 Jun 1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 28 performances
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23 Jun 1981 Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2
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23 Jun 1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists
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23 Jun 1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy
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23 Jun 1981 33-inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2
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23 Jun 1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition
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24 Jun 1981 The Humber Bridge is opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world's longest single-span suspension bridge for 17 years.
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25 Jun 1981 Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
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25 Jun 1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
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26 Jun 1981 "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in US
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27 Jun 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot
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27 Jun 1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution
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27 Jun 1981 Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America
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27 Jun 1981 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
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28 Jun 1981 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
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28 Jun 1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
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28 Jun 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
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28 Jun 1981 A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of Islamic Republic Party.
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29 Jun 1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
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29 Jun 1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
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30 Jun 1981 China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy
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01 Jul 1981 NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
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01 Jul 1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
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01 Jul 1981 Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3
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01 Jul 1981 Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded)
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01 Jul 1981 The Wonderland murders occur in the early morning hours in Los Angeles, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.
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03 Jul 1981 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62)
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03 Jul 1981 New York City transit fare rises from 60 cents to 75 cents, new brass Y-cut-out token
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05 Jul 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
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07 Jul 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
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07 Jul 1981 Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified
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07 Jul 1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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08 Jul 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks / plane / steel industry in France
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09 Jul 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
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09 Jul 1981 Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario.
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10 Jul 1981 CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV)
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11 Jul 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
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11 Jul 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18
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12 Jul 1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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16 Jul 1981 India performs nuclear Test
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16 Jul 1981 Mahathir Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister.
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16 Jul 1981 Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously
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17 Jul 1981 "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 performances
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17 Jul 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
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17 Jul 1981 Israeli bombers destroy PLO / al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
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17 Jul 1981 The opening of the Humber Bridge by Queen Elizabeth II in England, United Kingdom.
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17 Jul 1981 A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
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17 Jul 1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens
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17 Jul 1981 Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured
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18 Jul 1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
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19 Jul 1981 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George
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19 Jul 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
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19 Jul 1981 In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and development.
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20 Jul 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
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20 Jul 1981 Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe
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21 Jul 1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
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22 Jul 1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life
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24 Jul 1981 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected President of Iran
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25 Jul 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn
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26 Jul 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
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26 Jul 1981 2 climbers rappell 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela
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26 Jul 1981 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2845 Franklinken & #2882 Tedesco
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29 Jul 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
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29 Jul 1981 Iran ex-President Bani Sadr flees to Paris
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29 Jul 1981 A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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29 Jul 1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer
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30 Jul 1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
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31 Jul 1981 Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman President of National Bar Association
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31 Jul 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
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01 Aug 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
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01 Aug 1981 Poland Premier Jagielski resigns
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01 Aug 1981 MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
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02 Aug 1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs
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02 Aug 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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03 Aug 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
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03 Aug 1981 Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
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04 Aug 1981 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission
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04 Aug 1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty
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05 Aug 1981 Federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers
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05 Aug 1981 President Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago
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05 Aug 1981 President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
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06 Aug 1981 Crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
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06 Aug 1981 NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
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07 Aug 1981 The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
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09 Aug 1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
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09 Aug 1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)
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09 Aug 1981 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta, Georgia
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09 Aug 1981 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Montreal Expos)
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09 Aug 1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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09 Aug 1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
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10 Aug 1981 Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.
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10 Aug 1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
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10 Aug 1981 Pete Rose tops Stan Musial's NL record 3,630 hits
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10 Aug 1981 The Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes
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12 Aug 1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released.
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12 Aug 1981 IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
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12 Aug 1981 Jon Erikson (US) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27)
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13 Aug 1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
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13 Aug 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
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14 Aug 1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott
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14 Aug 1981 George Foster hits his 8th HR into the red seats at Riverfront
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15 Aug 1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford
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15 Aug 1981 Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
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16 Aug 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
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16 Aug 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
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16 Aug 1981 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
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18 Aug 1981 "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances
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18 Aug 1981 Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons
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19 Aug 1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
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24 Aug 1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
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24 Aug 1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
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25 Aug 1981 Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)
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25 Aug 1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
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25 Aug 1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
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26 Aug 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
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27 Aug 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard the Andrea Doria
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28 Aug 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
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28 Aug 1981 Sebastian Coe of the UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
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28 Aug 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
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29 Aug 1981 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
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29 Aug 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
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30 Aug 1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
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30 Aug 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.
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31 Aug 1981 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser
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01 Sep 1981 Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees
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01 Sep 1981 RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services
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01 Sep 1981 RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show
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01 Sep 1981 A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
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03 Sep 1981 Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
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03 Sep 1981 Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
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04 Sep 1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
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04 Sep 1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
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04 Sep 1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9 / 3)
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06 Sep 1981 Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time
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07 Sep 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1981 West Tampa Florida defeats Rich Va, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
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09 Sep 1981 Vernon E Jordan resigns as President of National Urban League
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10 Sep 1981 "Guernica" of Pablo Picasso returns to Spain
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11 Sep 1981 2nd government of Agt forms
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12 Sep 1981 95th US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76)
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12 Sep 1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
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12 Sep 1981 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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12 Sep 1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles
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13 Sep 1981 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins
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13 Sep 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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13 Sep 1981 33rd Emmy Awards (Hill Street Blues big winner)
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13 Sep 1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds & 13"
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13 Sep 1981 Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay)
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13 Sep 1981 John McEnroe beats Bj
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14 Sep 1981 Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV
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15 Sep 1981 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism / marxism
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15 Sep 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
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15 Sep 1981 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.
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15 Sep 1981 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
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15 Sep 1981 US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor
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16 Sep 1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
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17 Sep 1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
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18 Sep 1981 Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
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19 Sep 1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
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19 Sep 1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park.
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19 Sep 1981 Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
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19 Sep 1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
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20 Sep 1981 Belize declares independence
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20 Sep 1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal
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20 Sep 1981 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
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21 Sep 1981 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from the UK
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21 Sep 1981 Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
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21 Sep 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
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21 Sep 1981 Belize gains independence from Britain (National Day)
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21 Sep 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
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21 Sep 1981 Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)
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24 Sep 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
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25 Sep 1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Philadelphia)
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25 Sep 1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
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25 Sep 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice
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26 Sep 1981 Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
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26 Sep 1981 Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats LA Dodgers, 5-0
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27 Sep 1981 "Day in Hollywood, A Night.., " closes at John Golden New York after 588 performances
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28 Sep 1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
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30 Sep 1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
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01 Oct 1981 Iranian plane crash
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03 Oct 1981 Brewers (since 1970) and Expos (1969) clinch their 1st-ever postseason
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03 Oct 1981 Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike
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03 Oct 1981 Mike Weaver beats Quick Tillis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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03 Oct 1981 The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
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04 Oct 1981 Donna Caponi Young / Kathy Whitworth wins Portland Ping Team Golf Champ
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04 Oct 1981 Meadowlands Arena opens in New Jersey
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04 Oct 1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (9) is youngest International gymnastics participant
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05 Oct 1981 Dutch guilder / Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%
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05 Oct 1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
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06 Oct 1981 Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
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07 Oct 1981 Hosni Mubarak became acting President of Egypt
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07 Oct 1981 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
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08 Oct 1981 1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" on ABC-TV
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08 Oct 1981 USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Al Unser
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09 Oct 1981 Abolition of capital punishment in France.
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10 Oct 1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
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11 Oct 1981 Expos beat Phillies, 3 games to 2, in NLCS
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11 Oct 1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
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11 Oct 1981 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
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11 Oct 1981 Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
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11 Oct 1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
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12 Oct 1981 "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances
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12 Oct 1981 15th Country Music Association Award
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13 Oct 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
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14 Oct 1981 Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
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14 Oct 1981 Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. Federal Government with holding Richard Marshall[disambiguation needed] of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.
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14 Oct 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
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15 Oct 1981 New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland Athletics
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15 Oct 1981 Yanks defeat A's 4-0 & win 33rd pennant
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16 Oct 1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns
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18 Oct 1981 New York Giant Joe Danelo ties NFL record of 6 field goals in a game
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18 Oct 1981 Poland General Jaruzelski elected party leader
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19 Oct 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)
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19 Oct 1981 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
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20 Oct 1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99
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20 Oct 1981 Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured
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20 Oct 1981 Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, New York, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
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20 Oct 1981 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery
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21 Oct 1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
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22 Oct 1981 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland
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22 Oct 1981 The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August.
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22 Oct 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
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22 Oct 1981 US national debt tops $1 trillion
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23 Oct 1981 US national debt hits $1 trillion
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25 Oct 1981 12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
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25 Oct 1981 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missile
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25 Oct 1981 Allison Roe (2:25:29) and Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) win NYC marathon
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25 Oct 1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator
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26 Oct 1981 LA Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
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27 Oct 1981 The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
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27 Oct 1981 Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
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28 Oct 1981 New York Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games
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28 Oct 1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
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29 Oct 1981 Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies
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31 Oct 1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
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01 Nov 1981 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents
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01 Nov 1981 3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win
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01 Nov 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day)
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01 Nov 1981 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament
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01 Nov 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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03 Nov 1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
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04 Nov 1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining
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04 Nov 1981 Dr George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley
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05 Nov 1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine
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06 Nov 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award
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06 Nov 1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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08 Nov 1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
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08 Nov 1981 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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10 Nov 1981 "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 3 performances
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11 Nov 1981 "Oh, Brother!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
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11 Nov 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award
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12 Nov 1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
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12 Nov 1981 1st balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)
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12 Nov 1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)
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12 Nov 1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
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13 Nov 1981 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
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13 Nov 1981 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains"
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14 Nov 1981 Pakistan all out 62 vs. Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
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14 Nov 1981 2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
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14 Nov 1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
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15 Nov 1981 "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 48 performances
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16 Nov 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
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16 Nov 1981 Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis
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16 Nov 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch)
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16 Nov 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital
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17 Nov 1981 "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
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17 Nov 1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
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18 Nov 1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
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20 Nov 1981 Burundia adopts its constitution
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20 Nov 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
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20 Nov 1981 Ringo releases "Stop & Smell Roses" album
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20 Nov 1981 Anatoly Karpov, USSR retains world chess championship
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20 Nov 1981 Ringo releases "Stop & Smell the Roses" album
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21 Nov 1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
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21 Nov 1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
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22 Nov 1981 "Marlowe" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
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22 Nov 1981 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23
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22 Nov 1981 San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21)
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24 Nov 1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
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25 Nov 1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
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25 Nov 1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
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28 Nov 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
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28 Nov 1981 Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
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28 Nov 1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg & become college football's winningest coach
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29 Nov 1981 "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
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29 Nov 1981 Greg Chappell scores 201 vs. Pakistan at Gabba
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30 Nov 1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award
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30 Nov 1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
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30 Nov 1981 Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year
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30 Nov 1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
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30 Nov 1981 Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges
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01 Dec 1981 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
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01 Dec 1981 Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
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01 Dec 1981 Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
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02 Dec 1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
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02 Dec 1981 Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
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02 Dec 1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO
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04 Dec 1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
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04 Dec 1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
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04 Dec 1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
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04 Dec 1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
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04 Dec 1981 South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
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05 Dec 1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB)
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05 Dec 1981 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
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06 Dec 1981 Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
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07 Dec 1981 Spain becomes a member of the NATO
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09 Dec 1981 Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
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10 Dec 1981 El Salvador army kills 900
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10 Dec 1981 Jules Feiffer's "Grownups" premieres in New York NY
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11 Dec 1981 El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
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11 Dec 1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st & last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
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11 Dec 1981 Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center
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11 Dec 1981 UN Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General
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11 Dec 1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
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11 Dec 1981 Argentine President/General Roberto Viola flees
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12 Dec 1981 "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
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12 Dec 1981 Gambia and Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in February 1982
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12 Dec 1981 Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
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13 Dec 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity.
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13 Dec 1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
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13 Dec 1981 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
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14 Dec 1981 Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
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14 Dec 1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
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15 Dec 1981 A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
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15 Dec 1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
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15 Dec 1981 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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16 Dec 1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
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17 Dec 1981 American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
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17 Dec 1981 Members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier-General James L Dozier
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19 Dec 1981 Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
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20 Dec 1981 "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
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20 Dec 1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark
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20 Dec 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
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20 Dec 1981 Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls" premieres at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
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21 Dec 1981 Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
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22 Dec 1981 Argentine General Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
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22 Dec 1981 Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms
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23 Dec 1981 Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033
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24 Dec 1981 Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa & Lisa Evers marry
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24 Dec 1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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26 Dec 1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs West Indies
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27 Dec 1981 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 points (38th game)
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27 Dec 1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
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28 Dec 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo
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28 Dec 1981 Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98
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30 Dec 1981 In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
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30 Dec 1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
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31 Dec 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution
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31 Dec 1981 CNN Headline News debuts
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31 Dec 1981 Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings stages coup in Ghana, suspends constitution
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31 Dec 1981 Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000
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