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1981 (''' MCMLXXXI ''') was a Common Year Starting On Thursday of the Gregorian Calendar .
Events
January
February
- February 4 - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the Prime Minister Of Norway
- February 8 - 21 fans of the Greek Olympiacos FC lose their lives and 54 more get injured after a stampede at the Karaiskaki Stadium in Pireus . The deadly incident was most probably caused due to the fact that Gate 7 of the stadium did not open immediately after the end of the game.
- February 9 - Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski
- February 10 - A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel - Casino kills eight and injures 198
- February 14 - Australia withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia
- February 23 - Antonio Tejero , with members of the Guardia Civil enters the Spanish Congress Of Deputies , and stops the session, where Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo was going to be named president of the government. The Coup D'état would fail thanks to King Juan Carlos .
- February 24 - Shortly before 11 PM local time, a powerful 6.7 magnitude Earthquake hits Athens , killing 16 people, most of which die because of related Heart Attack s. The quake's epicentre is located in the eastern Corinthian Gulf , near the tiny Alkyonides Islands, approximately 60 Km west of the city. Dozens of buildings collapse in the nearby towns of Loutraki , Kiato and Xylocastro. A 6.4 magnitude Aftershock that strikes the area a few hours later, at 4:30 a.m local time, results in the damage or collapse of an additional number of buildings in the previously mentioned towns.
March
launches on the STS-1 .]]
April
May
- May - Daniel K. Ludwig abandons the Jari Project in the Amazon Basin
- May 6 - A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin 's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- May 10 - In the second round of the presidential elections in France ( French Presidential Election, 1981 ), François Mitterrand beats Valéry Giscard D'Estaing .
- May 13 - Pope John Paul II is shot at and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Ağca , a Turkish gunman, as he entered St. Peter's Square in Rome to address a general audience. (Two days after Christmas in 1983 , Pope John Paul went to the prison to meet and forgive his would-be assassin)
- May 15 - Donna Payant is murdered by serial killer Lemuel Smith : the first time a female prison officer has been killed on-duty in the United States.
- May 21 - In France , socialist François Mitterrand becomes President Of The Republic .
- May 22 - Peter Sutcliffe , the Yorkshire Ripper , imprisoned for life for 13 counts of murder
- wins for a third time for both he as a driver and Roger Penske as a car owner, but race sanctioning-body USAC temporarily strips him of victory over accusation of illegally passing other cars under a caution period (see Racing Flags ). After team appeal, Unser's win is reinstated on October 8 .
- May 25 - In Riyadh , the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .
- May 26 - The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell P-2
- May 30 - Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman assassinated in Chittagong .
June
and Princess Of Wales return to Buckingham Palace following their wedding watched by over 1 billion people worldwide.]]
July
August
September
October
November
.]]
December
unknown dates
Births
January
- January 1 - Zsolt Baumgartner , Hungarian race car driver
- January 1 - Eden Riegel , American actress
- January 3 - Eli Manning , American football player
- January 6 - Mike Jones , American rapper
- January 12 - Quentin Griffin , American football player
- January 15 - El Hadji Diouf , Senegalese footballer
- January 15 - Howie Day , American singer and songwriter
- January 17 - Scott Mechlowicz , American actor
- January 20 - Jason Richardson , American basketball player
- January 20 - Owen Hargreaves , (Canadian-born) English footballer
- January 21 - Dany Heatley , (German-born) Canadian hockey player
- January 22 - Chantelle Anderson , American basketball player
- January 22 - Willa Ford , American singer, television hostess, and actress
- January 22 - Beverley Mitchell , American actress
- January 28 - Elijah Wood , American actor, music producer
- January 31 - Justin Timberlake , American musician
February
- February 3 - Alisa Reyes , American actress
- February 10 - The Reverend Tholomew Plague , American Drummer ( Avenged Sevenfold )
- February 10 - Natasha St-Pier , Canadian singer
- February 11 - Kelly Rowland , American singer ( Destiny's Child )
- February 14 - Erin Torpey , American actress
- February 15 - Jenna Morasca , American television personality
- February 17 - Paris Hilton , American actress and heiress
- February 18 - Andrei Kirilenko , Russian basketball player
- February 18 - Ivan Sproule , Northern Irish footballer
- February 20 - Majandra Delfino , American actress
- February 22 - Jeanette Biedermann , German singer and actress
- February 24 - Lleyton Hewitt , Australian tennis player
- February 27 - Josh Groban , American singer
March
- March 1 - Ana Hickmann , Brazilian model
- March 2 - Bryce Howard , American actress
- March 3 - Lil' Flip , American rapper
- March 9 - Antonio Bryant , American football player
- March 10 - Kristen Maloney , American gymnast
- March 11 - David Anders , American actor
- March 11 - Lee Evans , American football player
- March 11 - LeToya Luckett , American singer (formerly of Destiny's Child )
- March 16 - Andrew Bree , Irish swimmer
- March 19 - Kolo Toure , Ivorian football player
- March 26 - Matthieu Delpierre , French football player
- March 27 - Terry McFlynn , Northern Irish footballer
- March 28 - Lindsay Frimodt , American model ( Victoria's Secret )
- March 28 - Julia Stiles , American actress
April
- April 1 - Hannah Spearritt , British singer ( S Club 7 )
- April 2 - Bethany Joy Lenz , American actress and singer
- April 9 - Milan Bartovič , Slovak ice hockey player
- April 10 - Gretchen Bleiler , American snowboarder
- April 10 - Liz McClarnon , British singer ( Atomic Kitten )
- April 10 - Michael Pitt , American actor
- April 14 - Mary Castro , American model and actress
- April 17 - Hanna Pakarinen , Finnish singer
- April 18 - Jang Nara , Korean actress and singer
- April 18 - Audrey Tang , Taiwan ese Free Software Programmer
- April 19 - Hayden Christensen , Canadian actor
- April 19 - Catalina Sandino Moreno , Colombian actress
- April 19 - Troy Polamalu , American football player
- April 21 - Mike Christie , member of G4
- April 22 - Ken Dorsey , American football player
- April 28 - Jessica Alba , American actress
- April 29 - George McCartney , Northern Irish footballer
May-June
- May 1 - Alexander Hleb , Belarusian football player
- May 3 - Farrah Franklin , American singer (formerly of Destiny's Child )
- May 4 - Jacques Rudolph , South African cricketer
- May 5 - Craig David , British singer
- May 5 - Danielle Fishel , American actress
- May 11 - Lauren Jackson , Australian basketball player
- May 12 - Kentaro Sato , Japanese composer
- May 13 - Sunny Leone , Canadian entertainer
- May 15 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler , American actress
- May 19 - Klaas-Erik Zwering , Dutch swimmer
- May 20 - Sean Conlon , English musician ( 5ive )
- May 20 - Lindsay Taylor , American basketball player
- May 22 - Melissa Gregory , American figure skater
- May 27 - Alina Cojocaru , Romanian ballerina
- June 1 - Carlos Zambrano , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- June 7 - Anna Kournikova , Russian tennis player
- June 7 - Larisa Oleynik , American actress
- June 9 - Natalie Portman , Israeli-born actress
- June 10 - Hoku Ho , Hawaiian singer and musician
- June 12 - Adriana Lima , Brazilian model
- June 13 - Christopher Robert Evans , American actor
- June 14 - Lonneke Engel , Dutch model
- June 16 - Ben Kweller , American musician
- June 21 - Brandon Flowers , American singer and keyboardist ( The Killers )
July-August
- July 2 - Alex Koroknay-Palicz , American Youth Rights activist
- July 2 - Paul Anthony Finn , Irish singer and songwriter ( The Flaws )
- July 7 - Synyster Gates , American guitarist ( Avenged Sevenfold )
- July 8 - Anastasia Myskina , Russian tennis player
- July 23 - Steve Jocz , Canadian drummer ( Sum 41 )
- July 24 - Summer Glau , American actress ( Firefly )
- July 31 - M. Shadows , American singer ( Avenged Sevenfold )
- August 4 - Marques Houston , American singer and actor
- August 5 - Carl Crawford , baseball player
- August 5 - Kō Shibasaki , Japanese singer and actress
- August 8 - Vanessa Amorosi , Australian singer and songwriter
- August 8 - Roger Federer , Swiss tennis player
- August 8 - Meagan Good , American actress
- August 16 - Taylor Rain , American actress
- August 24 - Chad Michael Murray , American actor
- August 25 - Rachel Bilson , American actress
- August 29 - Lanny Barbie , American actress
- August 30 - Brian J. Robinson , Canadian musician ( A Wilhelm Scream )
September
October
- October 1 - Jamelia , British singer
- October 3 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic , Swedish footballer
- October 5 - Enrico Fabris , Italian speed skater
- October 11 - Beau Brady , Australian actor
- October 13 - Vernon Carey , National Football League center
- October 14 - Akon , Senegalese Hip Hop Singer
- October 15 - Elena Dementieva , Russian tennis player
- October 20 - Willis McGahee , American football player
- October 22 - Michael Fishman , American actor
- October 28 - Milan Baros , Czech footballer
- October 29 - Amanda Beard , American swimmer
- October 30 - Ivanka Trump , American model, daughter of Donald Trump
- October 31 - Irina Denezhkina , Russian writer
- October 31 - Frank Iero , American guitarist ( My Chemical Romance )
November
- November 1 - LaTavia Roberson , American singer (formerly of Destiny's Child )
- November 2 - Tatiana Totmianina , Russian figure skater
- November 3 - Jackie Gayda , American professional wrestler
- November 4 - Vince Wilfork , American football player
- November 8 - Azura Skye , American actress
- November 11 - Natalie Glebova , Canadian pageant winner (2005 Miss Universe)
- November 11 - Guillaume , Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- November 17 - Sarah Harding , British singer
- November 21 - Bryant McFadden , American football player
- November 26 - Natasha Bedingfield , British singer
- November 26 - Aurora Snow , American actress
- November 29 - Tom Hurndall , British photographer (d. 2004 )
December
- December 2 - Britney Spears , American singer
- December 3 - Brian Bonsall , American actor
- December 4 - Lila McCann , American singer
- December 7 - Ben Adams , British singer ( A1 )
- December 11 - Zacky Vengeance , American guitarist for ( Avenged Sevenfold )
- December 13 - Amy Lee , American singer ( Evanescence )
- December 15 - Thomas Herrion , American football player (d. 2005 )
- December 16 - Anna Sedokova , Ukrainian singer
- December 24 - Adam Cooper , British guitarist
- December 27 - Yuvraj Singh , Indian cricketer
- December 28 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr , first American test-tube baby
- December 28 - Sienna Miller , American-born actress
- December 29 - Shizuka Arakawa , Japanese figure skater
- December 29 - Angela Via , American singer
- December 30 - Haley Paige , American actress
Deaths
January-April
- January 5 - Harold C. Urey , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893 )
- January 5 - Lanza Del Vasto , Italian-born philosopher, poet, and activist (b. 1901 )
- January 6 - A.J. Cronin , Scottish novelist (b. 1896 )
- January 10 - Katherine Alexander , American actress (b. 1898 )
- January 23 - Samuel Barber , American composer (b. 1910 )
- January 31 - Cozy Cole , American jazz drummer (b. 1909 )
- February 1 - Geirr Tveitt , Norwegian composer (b. 1908 )
- February 9 - Bill Haley , American musician (b. 1925 )
- February 15 - Karl Richter , German conductor (b. 1926 )
- February 20 - Baron Nicolas De Gunzburg , magazine editor, socialite (b. 1904 )
- February 26 - Howard Hanson , American composer (b. 1896 )
- March 6 - George Geary , English cricketer (b. 1893 )
- March 7 - Kiril Kondrashin , Russian conductor (b. 1914 )
- March 9 - Max Delbrück , German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1906 )
- March 23 - Beatrice Tinsley English astronomer
- April 7 - Norman Taurog , American film director (b. 1899 )
- April 12 - Joe Louis , American boxer (b. 1914 )
- April 18 - James H. Schmitz , German-born American science fiction writer (b. 1911 )
- April 27 - John Aspinwall Roosevelt , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1916 )
May-August
- May 5 - Bobby Sands , Irish Republican (b. 1954 )
- May 9 - Nelson Algren , American author (b. 1909 )
- May 11 - Odd Hassel , Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897 )
- May 11 - Bob Marley , Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945 )
- May 18 - William Saroyan , American author (b. 1908 )
- June 1 - Carl Vinson , U.S. Congressman (b. 1883 )
- June 9 - Allen Ludden , longtime host of Password (b. 1917 )
- June 17 - Sir Richard O'Connor , English General in WWII (b. 1889 )
- June 19 - Lotte Reiniger , German-born silhouette animator (b. 1899 )
- June 28 - Terry Fox , Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958 )
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