What Happened In February 1981 In History

Historical Events for February, 1981

• 6th » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Uganda National Liberation Army known as Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• 8th » Twenty-one association football spectators are Karaiskakis Stadium disaster called trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens FC.
• 10th » A Las Vegas Hilton Fire called fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
• 11th » convert 100000 USgal m3 of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating 8 workers.
• 13th » A series of Louisville sewer explosions called sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
• 14th » Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
• 24th » An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter magnitude scale or Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1981

• 1st » Rob Austin, English race car driver
• 1st » Christian Giménez (footballer born 1981) called Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
• 1st » Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
• 1st » Raimo Pajusalu, Estonian volleyball player
• 1st » Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 2nd » Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
• 2nd » Michelle Bass, English model and singer
• 3rd » Alisa Reyes, American actress
• 3rd » Maurice Ross, Scottish footballer
• 4th » Allen Forrest, American rapper and producer
• 4th » Ben Hendrickson, American baseball player
• 4th » Jason Kapono, America basketball player
• 4th » Tom Mastny, Indonesian baseball player
• 4th » Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
• 5th » Zied Bhairi, Tunisian footballer
• 5th » Sara Foster, American actress
• 5th » Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
• 5th » Jason Kawau, New Zealand rugby player
• 5th » Wesam Rizik, Qatari footballer
• 5th » Jason Shoemark, New Zealand rugby player
• 5th » Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
• 5th » Nora Zehetner, American actress
• 5th » Julie Zenatti, French singer
• 6th » Ricky Barnes, American golfer
• 6th » Calum Best, American-English model
• 6th » Shim Eun-jin, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
• 6th » Alison Haislip, American actress
• 6th » Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 6th » Ty Warren, American football player
• 7th » Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 7th » Lee Ok-Sung, South Korean boxer
• 8th » Sophie Choudry, English actress and singer
• 8th » Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
• 9th » Joël Camathias, Swiss race car driver
• 9th » Tom Hiddleston, English actor
• 9th » John Walker Lindh, American criminal
• 9th » The Rev, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, and Suburban Legends) (d. 2009)
• 9th » Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 10th » Christian Fickert, German footballer
• 10th » Andrew Johnson (English footballer) called Andrew Johnson, English footballer
• 10th » Natasha St-Pier, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 10th » Holly Willoughby, English model and television host
• 11th » Scot Thompson, American soccer player
• 12th » Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer-songwriter
• 13th » Luisão, Brazilian footballer
• 13th » Matías Agüero, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 13th » Sam Burley, American runner
• 13th » Liam Miller, Irish footballer
• 13th » Luke Ridnour, American basketball player
• 14th » Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer
• 14th » Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer
• 14th » Ayako Hamada, Mexican-Japanese wrestler
• 14th » Erin Torpey, American actress and singer
• 15th » Olivia (singer) called Olivia, American singer
• 15th » Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 15th » Matt Hoopes, American guitarist (Relient K)
• 15th » Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
• 15th » Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
• 15th » Jenna Morasca, American model and actress
• 15th » Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (d. 2011)
• 16th » Jay Howard, English race car driver
• 16th » Jerry Owens, American baseball player
• 16th » Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
• 17th » Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
• 17th » Paris Hilton, American model, actress, and singer
• 17th » Andrew Stephenson, English politician
• 18th » Kim Jaewon, South Korean actor
• 18th » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
• 18th » Alex Ríos, American baseball player
• 18th » Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
• 19th » Vitas, Russian singer-songwriter
• 19th » Beth Ditto, American singer-songwriter (The Gossip)
• 19th » Kyle Martino, American soccer player
• 19th » Gil Reyes, American boxer
• 19th » Nicky Shorey, English footballer
• 19th » Shawn Spears, Canadian wrestler
• 20th » Tony Hibbert, English footballer
• 20th » Adrian Lamo, American hacker
• 20th » Fred Jackson (American football) called Fred Jackson, American football player
• 20th » Chris Thile, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers)
• 21st » Jun Kaname, Japanese actor
• 22nd » Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 22nd » Fredson Câmara Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• 22nd » Adrienne Pickering, Australian actress
• 23rd » Gareth Barry, English footballer
• 23rd » Mai Nakahara, Japanese voice actress
• 23rd » Charles Tillman, American football player
• 23rd » Dylan Ryder, American porn actress
• 24th » Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 24th » Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 24th » Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 24th » Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 25th » Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
• 25th » Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor and dancer
• 25th » Jamie Lynn (pornographic actress) called Jamie Lynn, American porn actress
• 25th » Viet and Duc Nguyen or Duc Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin
• 25th » Viet and Duc Nguyen known as Viet Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin (d. 2007)
• 26th » Fatal1ty, American gamer
• 26th » Märt Avandi, Estonian actor
• 26th » Kertus Davis, American race car driver
• 26th » Sharon Van Etten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 26th » Kaori Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
• 27th » Evi Goffin, Belgian singer-songwriter (Lasgo)
• 27th » Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 27th » Cameron Ling, Australian footballer
• 27th » Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
• 27th » Alessandro Rottoli, Italian footballer
• 28th » Brian Bannister, American baseball player
• 28th » Florent Serra, French tennis player

Famous Deaths for February 1981

• 1st » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
• 1st » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 5th » Ella T. Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
• 6th » Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 6th » Frederica of Hanover (b. 1917)
• 9th » M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and diplomat (b. 1900)
• 9th » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 11th » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist (b. 1926)
• 15th » Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (Electric Flag) (b. 1943)
• 15th » Karl Richter (conductor) e.g Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
• 18th » Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
• 21st » Erika Köth, German soprano (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Michael Maltese, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 26th » Robert Aickman, English author and activist (b. 1914)
• 26th » Howard Hanson, American composer (b. 1896)
• 27th » Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (b. 1920)

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