1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1981 - Events. January - Sarawak chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days Janua ...

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1981 - January. January 1 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver 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 - ...

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In 1979, the Commission Sportive Internationale, an organization subordinate to the FIA which was at that time the rule-making body for Formula One, was dissolved and replaced by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile, or FISA, which would serve the same function. FISA clashed repeatedly with the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), which represented the teams' interests. FOCA's chief executive at the time was Bernie Ecclestone and his legal advisor was Max Mosley, while the ...

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The first car to wear the Maxima name was introduced in 1981. It was essentially a Japanese-market 910 with a 3.9 in longer nose. The car was offered as the 810 Deluxe or 810 Maxima that first year, and all 810s became Maximas for 1982. That was also the year that American Datsuns began carrying the "Nissan" badge as well. An episode of the MTV show Pimp My Ride featured a Maxima station wagon that Xzibit (the show's host and rapper) referred to as the "identity crisis" since the vehicle sported both Datsun and Nissan badges. Powered by the same 2.4 L I6 engine as the Datsun 810 and Datsun 240 ...

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Introduced in 1981, the first American Escort was intended to share common components with the European Mk III (as with its sister, the Mercury Lynx), and was launched as a 3-door hatchback and as a 4-door station wagon, with the 5-door hatchback following a year later. It had considerably more chrome than the model sold elsewhere, and although the basic silhouette was the same, it was almost completely different from the European version, apart from the Ford CVH engine. There was a 1.6 L engine, 4 or 5-speed manual or 3-speed automatic transmissions. A 1.3 L engine was designed and prototyp ...

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1981 - January-February. January - Sarawak chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband < ...

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See also: 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1981 in film - Events. January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating ...

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The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a campaign by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland for the British government to grant them political status. It was a seminal event in modern Irish history. It radicalised nationalist politics, and was the midwife to Sinn Féin as a serious political force, which ultimately led to it overtaking the SDLP as the main nationalist party in Northern Ireland. 1981 Irish Hunger Strike - Background. The process which led up to Hunger Strikes began in 1976. As part ...

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See also: 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1981 in music - Events. January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February 14 - Billy Idol leaves the band Generation X to begin a solo career February 15 - Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield is found dead in San Francisco. The cause of death was ruled an accide ...

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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom which aims to protect the wildlife and countryside of the United Kingdom. Other related archivesAct of Parliament, United Kingdom, countryside, wildlife

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1981 in Australia - Unknown Dates. Public funding of election campaigns introduced in New South Wales. ...

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1981 in aviation - January. January 3 - Pan Am makes its final Boeing 707 flight. January 7 - a Boeing 747 of CAAC lands at JFK International Airport, marking the first time since 1949 that a flight from mainland China to the United States is performed. January 18 - Bell Helicopter delivers its 25,000th production helicopter. January 28 - Pan Am commenc ...

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Men's Golf Major championship results: April - The Masters - Tom Watson June - US Open - David Graham July - British Open - Bill Rogers August - PGA Championship - Larry Nelson PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Tom Kite - $375,699 Champions Tour leading money winner: Miller Barber - $83,136 Ryder Cup: United States won 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 over Europe in world team golf. Women's Golf US Women's Open - Pat Bradley LPGA Championship - Donna Caponi Beth Daniel:leading money winner on ...

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1981 in baseball - Events. 1981 in baseball - January-March. January 15 - In his first year of eligibility, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson is the only person elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Players falling short of the 301 votes needed for election include Don Drysdale (243), Gil Hodges (241), Harmon Killebrew (239), Hoyt Wilhelm (238) and Juan Marichal (233). March 11 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster are elected to the ...

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1981 in television - 1940s. Meet the Press (1947-present). Candid Camera (1948-present). Come Dancing (UK) (1949-1995) 1981 in television - 1950s. Truth or Consequences (1950-1988). Search for Tomorrow (1951-1986). Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-present). American Bandstand (1952-1989). Guiding Light (1952-present). The Today Show (1952-p ...

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1981 in South Africa - February. Two people are injured when a bomb explodes in a Durban shopping centre 1981 in South Africa - April. 14 April - A section of railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid is destroyed by Umkhonto we Sizwe and coal trucks derailed 16 April - Bishop Desmond Tutu is arrested and his passport is confiscated 21 April - Limpet mines explode as destroy two ...

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January January 1 - Lear Fan 2100 March March 28 - Dornier 228 April April 10 - SIAI Marchetti S.211 prototype I-SITF April 15 - Dassault-Breguet Guardian June June 18 - F-117 Nighthawk September September 3 - BAe 146 September 26 - Boeing 767 November November 5 - AV-8B Harrier II December< ...

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The Eastern and Western Football Conferences, which had carried on as separate and autonomous entities since the founding of the CFL in 1958, agreed to a full merger prior to the start of the 1981 season. With the merger the Eastern and Western Football Conference was dissolved and renamed as the East and West Divisions. The merger authorizes the CFL to have full authority over decisions, including the adoption of a full interlocking schedule for both divisions. In addition, the merger set up the CFL Board of Governors and the CFL Management Council to replace the Exe ...

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