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What Happened In January 1981 In History

Historical Events for January, 1981

  • 1st » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
  • 1st » Palau achieves self-government though it is not independent from the United States.
  • 2nd » One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
  • 8th » A local farmer reports a Trans-en-Provence Case named UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence called Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
  • 10th » Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department Morazán and Chalatenango Department Chalatenango departments
  • 15th » John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican City e.g Vatican led by Lech Walesa.
  • 17th » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts Martial law in the Philippines called martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
  • 19th » Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
  • 20th » Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 Iran hostage crisis e.g American hostages.
  • 21st » Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
  • 25th » Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
  • 28th » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1981

  • 1st » Jonas Armstrong, Irish-British actor
  • 1st » Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
  • 1st » Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
  • 1st » Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
  • 1st » Eden Riegel, American actress
  • 1st » Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
  • 2nd » Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
  • 2nd » Ryan Garko, American baseball player
  • 2nd » Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
  • 2nd » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
  • 3rd » Naresh Iyer, Indian singer
  • 3rd » Eli Manning, American football player
  • 4th » Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer (Sylver)
  • 4th » Hitomi Obara, Japanese wrestler
  • 5th » Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby player
  • 5th » Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
  • 5th » Joel Thomas Zimmerman Canadian DJ
  • 6th » Mike Jones (rapper) called Mike Jones, American rapper and actor
  • 6th » Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
  • 6th » Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor
  • 6th » Asante Samuel, American football player
  • 7th » Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 7th » Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
  • 7th » Jinxx, American guitarist (Black Veil Brides, The Dreaming (US band) e.g The Dreaming, and Amen (band) or Amen)
  • 8th » Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
  • 8th » Ioannis Kokkodis, Greek swimmer
  • 8th » Genevieve Padalecki, American actress
  • 8th » Carmen Schäfer, Swiss curler
  • 8th » Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
  • 9th » Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
  • 10th » James Coppinger, English footballer
  • 10th » Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress, singer, and pianist
  • 10th » Brian Joo, American-South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Fly to the Sky)
  • 11th » Bafo Biyela, South African footballer
  • 11th » Jamelia, English singer-songwriter and actress
  • 11th » Tom Meighan, English singer-songwriter (Kasabian)
  • 11th » Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
  • 11th » Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer
  • 12th » Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 12th » João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
  • 12th » Kristin Eubanks, American wrestler
  • 12th » Dan Klecko, American football player
  • 12th » Angus Macdonald (rugby union) e.g Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
  • 12th » Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
  • 13th » Reggie Brown (wide receiver) called Reggie Brown, American football player
  • 13th » Shad Gaspard, American wrestler and actor
  • 13th » Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
  • 13th » Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
  • 14th » Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
  • 14th » Rosa López, Spanish singer
  • 15th » Pitbull (rapper) called Pitbull, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 15th » Howie Day, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 15th » El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
  • 15th » Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
  • 15th » Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
  • 16th » Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 16th » Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
  • 16th » Bobby Zamora, English footballer
  • 17th » Warren Feeney, Irish footballer
  • 17th » Ray J, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 17th » Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
  • 19th » Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
  • 19th » Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
  • 19th » Dimosthenis Manousakis, Greek footballer
  • 19th » Andrus Mitt, Estonian football and beach soccer player
  • 19th » Jaanus Nõmmsalu, Estonian volleyball player
  • 19th » Kerby Raymundo, Filipino basketball player
  • 19th » Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
  • 20th » Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor
  • 20th » Brendan Fevola, Australian footballer
  • 20th » Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
  • 20th » Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
  • 20th » Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
  • 20th » Jason Richardson, American basketball player
  • 21st » Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress (Twins (group) e.g Twins)
  • 21st » Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
  • 21st » Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
  • 21st » Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 21st » Andy Lee (Korean singer) named Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
  • 21st » Izabella Miko, Polish actress and model
  • 21st » Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 22nd » Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 22nd » Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
  • 22nd » Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Evanescence and We Are the Fallen)
  • 22nd » Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
  • 22nd » Guy Wilks, English race car driver
  • 23rd » Sarai (rapper) named Sarai, American rapper and actress
  • 23rd » Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
  • 23rd » Julia Jones, American actress
  • 24th » Travis Hanson, American baseball player
  • 24th » Michael Wolf (ice hockey) named Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player
  • 25th » Charlie Bewley, English actor
  • 25th » Francis Jeffers, English footballer
  • 25th » Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
  • 25th » Märt Kosemets, Estonian footballer
  • 25th » Clara Morgane, French porn actress and singer
  • 25th » Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2007)
  • 26th » José de Jesús Corona, Mexican footballer
  • 26th » Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
  • 26th » Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
  • 26th » Volador Jr., Mexican wrestler
  • 27th » Yaniv Katan, Israeli footballer
  • 27th » Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
  • 27th » Tony Woodcock (rugby player) e.g Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
  • 28th » Shuji Kondo, Japanese wrestler
  • 28th » Elijah Wood, American actor
  • 29th » Rui En, Singaporean singer and actress
  • 29th » Jonny Lang, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 29th » Darío Lopilato, Argentinian actor
  • 29th » Vladimir Gojković, Montenegrin water polo player
  • 29th » Roberts Mežeckis, Latvian footballer
  • 29th » Álex Ubago, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 30th » Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
  • 30th » Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
  • 30th » Peter Crouch, English footballer
  • 30th » Mathias Lauda, Austrian race car driver
  • 31st » Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
  • 31st » Amrita Arora, Indian actress

Famous Deaths for January 1981

  • 1st » Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
  • 3rd » Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883)
  • 4th » Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (b. 1914)
  • 5th » Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
  • 5th » Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
  • 6th » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
  • 7th » Alvar Lidell, English journalist (b. 1908)
  • 7th » Eric Robinson (Australian politician) e.g Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. 1926)
  • 8th » Matthew Beard (American actor) named Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
  • 9th » Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
  • 9th » Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
  • 10th » Katharine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
  • 10th » Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
  • 10th » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
  • 16th » Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
  • 17th » Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
  • 22nd » Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educator (b. 1903)
  • 23rd » Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
  • 24th » Orville Brown, American wrestler (b. 1908)
  • 25th » Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)

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