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Significant Events and Birthdays of 1981

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable birthdays that occurred in 1981, covering various fields such as sports, politics, music, and science.

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1 ________ – George Geary, English cricketer (b.

2 ________ – Arthur Scargill becomes President-elect of the National Union of Mineworkers.

3 January 21 – ________, Hong Kong singer (Twins)

4 ________ – Liz McClarnon, British singer

5 ________ – Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers)

6 ________ – The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell Propaganda Due.

7 June 21 – Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old ________, is arrested and charged with the murders of 2 other African Americans.

8 ________ – Rachel Bilson, American actress

9 March 23 – ________, English astronomer (b.

10 ________ – Wanda Hendrix, American actress (b.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Chilean football club Cobreloa reached the finals of South America's principal club competition, the Copa Libertadores, in 1981, only four years after the club's founding.
  • the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981, and has a staff of two.
  • the only international cricket in South Africa between 1971 and 1981 comprised 6 private tours and 1 women's test match, because no test match playing nation was willing to tour the country because of its apartheid policy.
  • when the John Bull ran under its own power in 1981 it became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world.
  • in a British by-election in 1981, John Desmond Lewis ran for office under the name Tarquin Fin-tim-lim-bim-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olè-Biscuitbarrel, drawing inspiration from a Monty Python skit about silly elections.
  • before the bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy was shortened to its current configuration in 1981, it was used as part of the film For Your Eyes Only.
  • Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981.
  • Sarah Brady became an advocate of gun control and led actions to reduce gun violence after her husband White House Press Secretary James Brady sustained a disabling head wound during the Reagan assassination attempt in 1981.
  • Torchwood will be the first spin-off from Doctor Who since an unsuccessful pilot for K-9 and Company in 1981.
  • Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the notoriously miserable Cabrini-Green housing project in 1981.
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