Maguire's death led to a by-election in early 1981, when the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was underway. The by-election was seized on by supporters of the hunger strike as a way to register a protest and the leader of the hunger strikers, Bobby Sands, was nominated on the label "Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner". Owen Carron served as his agent and Danny Morrison organised the campaign. The Ulster Unionist Party nominated Harry West, who had by now stood down as leader. No other candidates contested the seat, making it one of ...

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Main Article: Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency) The constituency, based on the districts of Fermanagh and Dungannon, was created in 1950 and had seen a series of closely fought elections between Unionist and Nationalist candidates, with several elections being won due to the absence of competing candidates on one side or the other. Nationalists of varioues hues had won the constituency in the 1950, 1951 and 1955 general elections, whilst the Ulster Unionist Party had won in 1959, 1964 and 1966. Amidst the ...

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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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The highlight of the South African 1975/6 season was a tour by the International Wanderers. They played 3 first-class games and 1 one-day game against a South African Invitation XI. They also played a first-class game against a weaker South African Board President's XI. This was the strongest team to tour South Africa since isolation, and comprised players from 4 countries. The tourists were managed by Richie Benaud and captained by Australian Greg Chappell in all four main representative games. Englishmen Mike Denness and Bob Taylor, and We ...

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Brian Close led a strong international team known as the "International Wanderers" to Rhodesia in September 1974. They played one game against Transvaal, but nothing else in South Africa. The Rhodesian team notably included South African-born Mike Procter, whilst the International Wanderers counted South African Eddie Barlow amongst there numbers. The next games for a representative South African side therefore took place on Derrick Robins third tour to South Africa in March and April 1975. This DH Robins' XI was again an internationa ...

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Blair McDonough (born 30 April 1981 in Sydney Australia) was the runner up in the first season of Big Brother Australia. A few months after Big Brother ended he was cast in Australian soap opera Neighbours playing the role of Stuart Parker. McDonough's first appearance in the series was in the final seconds of the final episode for 2001. In late 2005 McDonough announced he will be leaving Neighbours to seek work in London. Other related archives1981, 30 April, Australia,

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Big Walter Horton (born April 6, 1918 - died December 8, 1981) was an African American blues harmonica player. Born Walter Horton in Horn Lake, Mississippi, he was playing a harmonica by the time he was five years old. In his early teens, he lived in Memphis, Tennessee where he became part of the a group known as the "Memphis Jug Band". His earliest recordings might have been with the Memphis Jug Band, but because there was little notes on the musicians involved, it's hard to know. His career was marked by existing on a meagre ...

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The Army Combat Uniform, or ACU, is a new combat uniform (battledress) to be worn by the US Army. It uses a universal camouflage digital pattern of camouflage similar to that of USMC MARPAT. It blends green, tan, and grey to work effectively in woodland, desert, and urban environments. It also features numerous design improvements based on input from soldiers. The process of replacing the Army's current BDU "woodland" pattern (used since 1981) with the ACU, was to begin in April 2005, it actually started in Februa ...

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Albert Harry Goldman (April 15, 1927 – March 28, 1994) was an American professor and author. Born in Dormont, Pennsylvania, Albert Goldman wrote about the culture and personalities of the American music industry both in books and as a contributor to magazines. However, he is best known for his controversial biographies on Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Albert Goldman's 1981 book titled Elvis, the author repeatedly belittled the late singer over his weight problems, his diet, his choice of performing costumes, an ...

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Urayasu (Japanese: 浦安市; -shi) is a city located in western Chiba, Japan, on the border with Tokyo. It is best known as the home of the Tokyo Disney Resort. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 145,239 and the density of 8,400.17 persons per km². The total area is 17.29 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1981. There are two parts to the city: the original fishing village, and the newer landfill portion that adjoins Tokyo Disneyland. The new land fill part is called "Shin-Urayasu" (New-Uray ...

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William Holden (17 April 1918 - November 1981), was an Oscar winning American film actor. William Holden actor - Early life and career. Born William Franklin Beedle Jr. in O'Fallon, Illinois on April 17, 1918, he was the eldest of three sons of William Franklin Beedle, Sr., an industrial chemist, and Mary Blanche Ball, a teacher. The family, who moved to Pasadena, California when he was three, was of English descent; Holden's paternal great-grandmother, Rebecca Westfield, was born in England in 1817, ...

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Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki (Master of Laws, born February 11, 1955 in Lapua) was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office April 17th, 2003, to June 18th, 2003. She worked as a lawyer from 1981 until 1987, when she was elected as a member of Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta). Jäätteenmäki was Minister of Justice 1994-1995. She was the leader of the Centre Party of Finland from June 18th, 2000, to October 5th, 2003, although the first year as deputy leader during ...

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David Leland (born April 20, 1947 in Cambridge, England, UK) is a British director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directional debut Wish You Were Here in 1987. After several small parts as actor he began his collaboration with British television director Alan Clarke in 1981. Especially their film Made in Britain was critically acclaimed and marked the begin of the career of actor Tim Roth. This film about a skinhead and his fight against the establishment has won the Prix Italia (a ...

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Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; Spanish: Benedicto XVI; French: Benoît XVI), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger (April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany), is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State. He was elected on April 19, 2005, in a papal conclave over which he presided in his capacity as dean of the College of Cardinals. He celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on April 24, 2005, and took possession of his cath ...

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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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1981 - January-March. 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 Januar ...

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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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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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