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Month August 1981 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

    August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1981

  • Day of Week 1st » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
  • Day of Week 3rd » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
  • Day of Week 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.
  • Day of Week 7th » 'The Washington Star' ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
  • Day of Week 12th » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
  • Day of Week 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.
  • Day of Week 24th » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
  • Day of Week 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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