What Happened In August 1981 - Historical Events 1981 August

Historical Events for August, 1981

1st » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
3rd » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
5th » President Ronald Reagan Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) called fires 11,359 Strike action e.g striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
7th » 'The Washington Star' ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
12th » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
19th » Gulf of Sidra incident (1981) Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Air Force (1951–2011) Libyan Sukhoi Su-17 Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
24th » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
25th » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn

Famous Birthdays on August in 1981

1st » Brett Chukerman, American actor
1st » Dean Cox, Australian footballer
1st » Vaiko Eplik, Estonian singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
1st » Taylor Fry, American actress
1st » Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
1st » Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
1st » Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981) or Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
1st » Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player
1st » Miracle Laurie, American actress
1st » Ashley Parker Angel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town (band) known as O-Town)
1st » Sally Pressman, American actress and dancer
2nd » Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
3rd » Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
3rd » Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
3rd » Travis Willingham, American voice actor
4th » Erica Carlson, Swedish actress
4th » Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (IMx)
4th » Jana Kolukanova, Estonian swimmer
4th » Meghan Markle, American model and actress
4th » Ben Scott, English cricketer
4th » Abigail Spencer, American actress
5th » David Clarke (ice hockey) named David Clarke, English ice hockey player
5th » Carl Crawford, American baseball player
5th » Maik Franz, German footballer
5th » Erik Guay, Canadian skier
5th » Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
5th » Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress
5th » Cory Williams, American comedian and actor
5th » Jesse Williams (actor) known as Jesse Williams, American actor
6th » Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
6th » Travie McCoy, American rapper and producer (Gym Class Heroes)
6th » Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
7th » David Testo, American soccer player
7th » Randy Wayne, American actor and producer
8th » Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
8th » Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
8th » Meagan Good, American actress and producer
8th » Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Tanpopo, and Dream Morning Musume)
8th » Bradley McIntosh, English singer and actor (S Club and Upper Street (band) known as Upper Street)
8th » Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
9th » Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
9th » Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player
10th » Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, Morning Musume Sakuragumi, Def.Diva, and Nochiura Natsumi)
10th » Katherine Boecher, American actress
10th » Guillaume Elmont, Dutch martial artist
10th » Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
10th » Yaani King, American actress
10th » Manila Luzon, American drag queen performer
10th » Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
10th » Jon Prescott, American actor
11th » Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
11th » Sandi Thom, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
12th » Tony Capaldi, Norwegian-Irish footballer
12th » Djibril Cissé, French footballer
12th » Riin Tamm, Estonian geneticist and academic
13th » Jonathon Dutton, Australian actor and director
13th » C. C. Swiney, American actor and screenwriter
14th » Earl Barron, American basketball player
14th » Matthew Etherington, English footballer
14th » Ray William Johnson, American video blogger
14th » Julius Jones, American football player
14th » Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler
15th » Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
15th » Song Ji-hyo, South Korean model and actress
15th » Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
16th » Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
16th » Denis Gremelmayr, German tennis player
17th » Kristin Adams, American television host
18th » César Delgado, Argentinian footballer
18th » Dimitris Salpingidis, Greek footballer
19th » Nick Kennedy, English rugby player
19th » Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler
20th » Ben Barnes (actor) called Ben Barnes, English actor
20th » Brett Finch, Australian rugby player
20th » Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer
20th » Bernard Mendy, French footballer
20th » Craig Ochs, American football player
20th » Michael Rady, American actor
20th » Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and journalist
21st » Collie Buddz, Bermudian rapper
21st » Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer
21st » Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
21st » Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
22nd » Alex Holmes, American football player
22nd » Jang Hyun-Kyu, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
22nd » Takumi Saito, Japanese actor and singer
23rd » Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
23rd » Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
23rd » Ozzy Lusth, Mexican reality show contestant on 'Survivor: Cook Islands'
23rd » Carmen Luvana, American porn actress
24th » Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
24th » Jiro Wang, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band) named Fahrenheit and Dong Cheng Wei)
25th » Rachel Bilson, American actress
25th » Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
25th » Jean-Julien Rojer, Curaçaoan-Dutch tennis player
25th » Clare Oliver, Australian activist (d. 2007)
25th » Camille Pin, French tennis player
26th » Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
26th » Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
26th » Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
26th » Jesse Martin, German-Australian sailor
26th » Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
26th » Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
27th » Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor and producer
27th » Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer
27th » Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer
28th » Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player
28th » Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player
28th » Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
28th » Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver
28th » Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter
29th » Lanny Barby, Canadian porn actress
29th » Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist
29th » Dennis Oh, American-South Korean actor
29th » Jay Ryan (actor) or Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor
31st » Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia, Kuwaiti singer and actress
31st » Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player
31st » Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player

Famous Deaths for August 1981

1st » Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
4th » Melvyn Douglas, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
7th » Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
8th » Thomas McElwee, Irish activist (b. 1957)
14th » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
14th » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
15th » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
18th » Anita Loos, American screenwriter and author (b. 1889)
19th » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
25th » Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor (b. 1915)
26th » Roger Nash Baldwin, American union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
26th » Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) (b. 1914)
27th » Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
28th » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
29th » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

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