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What Happened In October 1981 In History

Historical Events for October, 1981

  • 3rd » The 1981 Irish hunger strike known as hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
  • 6th » Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is Assassination of Anwar Sadat called murdered by Islamic extremists.
  • 9th » Abolition of capital punishment in France.
  • 14th » Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. Federal Government with holding Richard Marshalldisambiguation needed known as date=May 2012 of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner.
  • 14th » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
  • 21st » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
  • 22nd » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) known as Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its Strike action known as strike the previous August.
  • 27th » The Soviet Union known as Soviet submarine Soviet submarine S-363 or 'U 137' runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1981

  • 1st » Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
  • 1st » Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1st » Rupert Friend, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1st » Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
  • 1st » Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1st » Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
  • 1st » David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
  • 2nd » Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
  • 2nd » Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
  • 3rd » Danny Coid, English footballer
  • 3rd » Seth Gabel, American actor
  • 3rd » Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
  • 3rd » Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
  • 3rd » Matt Sparrow, English footballer
  • 3rd » Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
  • 4th » Shaura, Japanese singer (Moi dix Mois)
  • 4th » Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 5th » Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
  • 5th » Andy Nägelein, German footballer
  • 5th » Kelvin Tan, Singaporean singer-songwriter
  • 6th » Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
  • 6th » José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 7th » Jelena Jensen, American porn actress and model
  • 8th » Ruby (Egyptian singer) e.g Ruby, Egyptian singer and actress
  • 8th » Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 8th » Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
  • 8th » Kalil Wilson, American singer and producer
  • 9th » Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor and producer
  • 9th » Darius Miles, American basketball player
  • 9th » Urška Žolnir, Slovenian martial artist
  • 10th » Una Healy, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer (The Saturdays)
  • 10th » Michael Oliver (actor) or Michael Oliver, American actor
  • 11th » Beau Brady, Australian actor
  • 12th » Sneha (actress) e.g Sneha, Indian actress
  • 12th » Shola Ameobi, English footballer
  • 12th » Tom Guiry, American actor
  • 12th » Brian Kerr (footballer) called Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer
  • 12th » Janar Kiivramees, Estonian poker player
  • 12th » Giuseppe Lanzone, American rower
  • 12th » Brian J. Smith, American actor
  • 12th » Conrad Smith, New Zealand rugby player
  • 12th » Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player
  • 13th » Ryan Ashford, English footballer
  • 13th » Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
  • 13th » Dimitrios Mougios, Greek rower
  • 13th » Kele Okereke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloc Party)
  • 14th » Boof Bonser, American baseball player
  • 14th » Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
  • 15th » Keyshia Cole, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 15th » Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
  • 15th » Abram Elam, American football player
  • 15th » Guo Jingjing, Chinese diver
  • 15th » Radoslav Židek, Slovak snowboarder
  • 16th » Ali B, Dutch rapper
  • 16th » Martin Halle, Danish footballer
  • 16th » Boyd Melson or Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson, American boxer
  • 16th » Anthony Reyes, American baseball player
  • 16th » Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
  • 16th » Gregory Sedoc, Dutch hurdler
  • 16th » Frankie Edgar, UFC MMA Fighter
  • 17th » Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer (Tackey & Tsubasa)
  • 18th » Tina Hergold, Slovenian tennis player
  • 18th » Greg Warren (American football) or Greg Warren, American football player
  • 19th » Christian Bautista, Filipino singer and actor
  • 19th » Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
  • 20th » Willis McGahee, American football player
  • 20th » Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 20th » Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
  • 21st » Carmella Bing, American porn actress and model
  • 21st » Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
  • 21st » Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
  • 22nd » Michael Fishman, American actor and producer
  • 22nd » Olivier Pla, French race car driver
  • 23rd » Jeroen Bleekemolen, Dutch race car driver
  • 23rd » Ben Francisco, American baseball player
  • 23rd » Huo Siyan, Chinese actress
  • 24th » Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
  • 24th » Jemima Rooper, English actress
  • 24th » Tila Tequila, American model, actress, and singer
  • 25th » Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
  • 25th » Young Rome, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (IMx)
  • 25th » Jon Wood, American race car driver
  • 25th » Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
  • 26th » Sam Brown (comedian) e.g Sam Brown, American comedian and actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 26th » Martina Schild, Swiss skier
  • 26th » Guy Sebastian, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 26th » Chou Ssu-Chi, Taiwanese baseball player
  • 27th » Salem Al Fakir, Swedish singer and keyboard player
  • 27th » Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
  • 27th » Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
  • 27th » Kristi Richards, Canadian skier
  • 28th » Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
  • 28th » Milan Baroš, Czech footballer
  • 28th » Nate McLouth, American baseball player
  • 28th » Nick Montgomery, English footballer
  • 29th » Amanda Beard, American swimmer
  • 29th » Jonathan Brown (Australian rules footballer) known as Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
  • 29th » Angelika de la Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
  • 29th » Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
  • 29th » Reemma Sen, Indian actress
  • 30th » Joshua Jay, American magician and author
  • 30th » Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
  • 30th » Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress (Coconuts Musume and Petitmoni)
  • 30th » Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
  • 30th » Ian Snell, American baseball player
  • 30th » Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
  • 31st » Irina Denezhkina, Russian author
  • 31st » Lollie Alexi Devereaux, French-Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
  • 31st » Steven Hunter, American basketball player
  • 31st » Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (My Chemical Romance, Pencey Prep, and Leathermouth)
  • 31st » Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
  • 31st » Mike Napoli, American baseball player

Famous Deaths for October 1981

  • 2nd » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
  • 2nd » Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
  • 3rd » Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
  • 4th » Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
  • 5th » Gloria Grahame, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
  • 6th » Anwar Sadat, Egyptian politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1918)
  • 13th » Rebecca Clarke (composer) known as Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
  • 15th » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
  • 17th » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
  • 17th » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
  • 17th » Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
  • 29th » Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)

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