April 1981 calendar

April 1981
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1981.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1981: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1981?

Events

01 Apr 1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley
02 Apr 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon.
03 Apr 1981 The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
04 Apr 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor
05 Apr 1981 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez.
06 Apr 1981 Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo.
07 Apr 1981 Belgium Eysken's government forms.
08 Apr 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
09 Apr 1981 US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
10 Apr 1981 Caveman with Ringo premieres
11 Apr 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
12 Apr 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender / WRAL Golf Classic
13 Apr 1981 Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize).
14 Apr 1981 First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 - returns to Earth.
15 Apr 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award-winning 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie; Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story.
16 Apr 1981 Copperfield opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 13 performances
18 Apr 1981 Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
19 Apr 1981 Oakland Athletics runs record to 11-0
20 Apr 1981 Final performance of TV show Soap airs
21 Apr 1981 US furnishes US$1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia.
22 Apr 1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike.
24 Apr 1981 IBM-PC computer introduced
25 Apr 1981 Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell
26 Apr 1981 Copperfield closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 13 performances
27 Apr 1981 Xerox introduces the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. It features graphics display, word processor, mouse, laser printer, Ethernet, and software for combining text and graphics Priced at about $16,000, the computer is not a commercial success. During its lifetime, 100,000 units are produced.
29 Apr 1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women).
30 Apr 1981 Can-Can opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
09 Apr 1981 The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS accidentally collides with the , a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors.