What Happened In July 1981 In History

Historical Events for July, 1981

• 1st » The Wonderland murders occur in the early morning hours in Los Angeles, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.
• 17th » The opening of the Humber Bridge by Queen Elizabeth II in England named England, United Kingdom.
• 17th » A structural failure leads to the collapse of Hyatt Regency walkway collapse known as a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
• 19th » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French Prime Minister François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing that the Soviets had been stealing American technological research and devel
• 27th » United Kingdom called British television: On 'Coronation Street', Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Barlow called Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.
• 27th » Murder of Adam Walsh called Adam Walsh, 6-year-old son of John Walsh (television host) known as John Walsh, is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1981

• 1st » Carlo Del Fava, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1st » Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-Australian footballer
• 1st » Genevieve Valentine, American author
• 2nd » Nathan Ellington, English footballer
• 2nd » Alex Koroknay-Palicz, American activist
• 2nd » Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 2nd » Carlos Rogers (American football) or Carlos Rogers, American football player
• 2nd » Aaron Voros, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » Aoi Tada, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 3rd » Justin Torkildsen, American actor
• 4th » Brock Berlin, American footballer
• 4th » Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
• 4th » Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho, Angolan footballer
• 4th » Tahar Rahim, French actor
• 4th » Will Smith (American football) called Will Smith, American football player
• 5th » Gianne Albertoni, Brazilian model and actress
• 5th » Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
• 5th » Ryan Hansen, American actor
• 6th » Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
• 6th » Mike Karney, American football player
• 6th » Emily West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 7th » Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
• 7th » Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold and Pinkly Smooth)
• 8th » Iyari Limon, Mexican-American actress
• 8th » Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
• 8th » Wolfram Müller, German runner
• 8th » Dagmar Oja, Estonian singer
• 9th » Kimveer Gill, Canadian murderer, committed the Dawson College shooting (d. 2006)
• 9th » Michael Norgrove, Zambian-English boxer (d. 2013)
• 10th » Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
• 11th » Andre Johnson, American football player
• 12th » Adrienne Camp, South African singer-songwriter (The Benjamin Gate)
• 12th » Pradeepan Raveendran, Sri Lankan director, producer, and screenwriter
• 13th » Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
• 13th » Fran Kranz, American actor
• 13th » Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist
• 13th » Ineta Radēviča, Latvian long jumper
• 14th » Milow, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 14th » Trevor Fehrman, American actor
• 14th » Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
• 14th » Lee Mead, English actor and singer
• 15th » Alou Diarra, French footballer
• 15th » Petros Klampanis, Greek bassist and composer
• 15th » Marius Stankevičius, Lithuanian footballer
• 16th » Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer
• 16th » Zach Randolph, American basketball player
• 16th » Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
• 17th » Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
• 17th » Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
• 17th » Raigo Toompuu, Estonian shot putter
• 18th » Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
• 19th » Nenê (footballer born 1981) known as Nenê, Brazilian footballer
• 19th » David Bernard (cricketer) or David Bernard, Jamaican cricketer
• 19th » Mark Gasnier, Australian rugby player
• 19th » Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
• 19th » Didz Hammond, English singer and bass player (Dirty Pretty Things (band) e.g Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause)
• 19th » Nikki Osborne, Australian actress
• 19th » Malvika Subba, Miss Nepal Miss Nepal 2002 known as 2002 winner & Nepali Actress
• 20th » Lowkey (American rapper) named Lowkey, American rapper and producer
• 20th » Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
• 20th » Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
• 21st » Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 21st » Anabelle Langlois, Canadian figure skater
• 21st » Blake Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 21st » Yushin Okami, Japanese mixed martial artist
• 21st » Claudette Ortiz, American singer and model (City High)
• 21st » Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Aventura (band) named Aventura)
• 21st » Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
• 21st » Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
• 21st » Chrishell Stause, American actress
• 22nd » Fandango (wrestler) named Fandango, American wrestler
• 22nd » Ala Ghawas, Bahraini singer-songwriter
• 23rd » Steve Jocz, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and director (Sum 41)
• 23rd » Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstani decathlete
• 23rd » Aleksandr Kulik, Estonian footballer
• 23rd » Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
• 24th » Summer Glau, American actress
• 24th » Mark Robinson (footballer, born 1981) e.g Mark Robinson, English footballer
• 25th » Conor Casey, American soccer player
• 25th » Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer
• 25th » Yūichi Komano, Japanese footballer
• 25th » Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer
• 25th » Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player
• 26th » Vildan Atasever, Turkish actress
• 26th » Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 26th » Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player
• 27th » Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
• 27th » Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
• 27th » Dash Snow, American painter and photographer (d. 2009)
• 28th » Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
• 28th » Billy Aaron Brown, American actor
• 28th » Michael Carrick, English footballer
• 28th » Dave Rosin, Canadian guitarist and singer (Hedley (band) named Hedley)
• 28th » Jo In-sung, South Korean actor
• 28th » Bi Wenjing, Chinese gymnast
• 28th » Cole Williams, American actor
• 29th » Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
• 29th » Emily Bauer, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 29th » Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist
• 29th » Dyana Liu, Taiwanese-American actress
• 29th » Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
• 29th » Troy Perkins, American soccer player
• 30th » Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
• 30th » Juan Smith, South African rugby player
• 30th » Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete
• 31st » Titus Bramble, English footballer
• 31st » Vernon Carey, American football player
• 31st » J.Son Dinant, American comedian and actor
• 31st » Eric Lively, American actor
• 31st » Ira Losco, Maltese singer
• 31st » M. Shadows, American singer-songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold)

Famous Deaths for July 1981

• 1st » Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1st » Rushton Moreve, American bass player and songwriter (Steppenwolf (band) named Steppenwolf) (b. 1948)
• 3rd » Ross Martin, Polish-American actor and director (b. 1920)
• 7th » Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (b. 1908)
• 8th » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 10th » Ken McElroy, American murder victim (b. 1936)
• 15th » Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 16th » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 19th » Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
• 20th » Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
• 27th » William Wyler, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 28th » Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
• 29th » Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 31st » Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, List of heads of state of Panama named Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)

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