-They year of "Lion of the desert" was made by late Moustapha Akkad. -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).
- The year when MTV started broad casting on cable television, playing music videos 24 hours a day.
- The year when america annouced a national day of Martin Luth
er King.- The year when Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamic extremists during a military parade in Cairo (Oct. 6). Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
-Alicia Keys, Elijah Wood, Kelly Rowland, and Anna Kournikova are born.
- Roger Federer is born on the 8th of Aug. 1981.
-The Pac-Man video game is introduced in the US.
-Ronald Reagan becomes president of the US.
-Chariots of Fire directed by Hugh Hudson wins the Oscar of the best picture.
-"The Armchair Marini" by Alain Domingo and François Scali Designed in 1981.
- Israel annexes the disputed Golan Heights territory (Dec. 14).
- Princess Diana and Prince Charles are wed (July 29).
- THE PERSONAL COMPUTER - IBM introduces its first personal computer, running the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS). Background: Computers and Internet///This was also the first year that the Word Internet was mentioned and MS-DOS was released by Microsoft along with the first IBM PC.
- Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
- Death of Reggae legend Bob Marley.
- Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year-old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating accident.
-Muhammad Ali finally retires with career record of 55 wins and 5 defeats.
- Post It Notes launched by 3M Corp.
- China Clones the first fish ( Golden Carp).
- A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- Terry Fox was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Though the spread of his cancer forced him to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi), and ultimately cost him his life Terry Fox passed away on June 28, 1981.
- Earthquake hits Athens, Greece killing 16 people.
- Artificially Produced Insulin becomes the worlds first genetically engineered protein to treat human disease Diabetes.
- Popular Musicians:
- John Lennon
- Blondie
- Dolly Parton
- Sheena Easton
- Diana Ross and Lionel Richie with
- Olivia Newton-John With
- Roxy Music
- Bucks Fizz
- Adam and The Ants
- Michael Jackson
- Queen
- David Bowie
- Women: Chris Evert Lloyd d. H. Mandlikova (6-2 6-2)
- Men: John McEnroe d. B. Borg (4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4)
- Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut, destroying multi-story apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel.
- The thrash metal band Metallica forms in Los Angeles.
- The year i was born into this world 30 years ago.
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