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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 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 August 1981: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1981?


Events

  • 01 Aug 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
  • 02 Aug 1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs
  • 03 Aug 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
  • 04 Aug 1981 Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank for STS-2 mission
  • 05 Aug 1981 Federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers
  • 06 Aug 1981 Crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
  • 07 Aug 1981 The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
  • 09 Aug 1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
  • 10 Aug 1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
  • 12 Aug 1981 IBM introduces PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
  • 13 Aug 1981 Last broadcast of Waltons on CBS-TV
  • 14 Aug 1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott
  • 15 Aug 1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford
  • 16 Aug 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
  • 18 Aug 1981 My Fair Lady opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances
  • 19 Aug 1981 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
  • 24 Aug 1981 American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel
  • 25 Aug 1981 Jeff Schwartz sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09).
  • 26 Aug 1981 Space Shuttle vehicle moves to Launch Complex 39A for STS-2 mission
  • 27 Aug 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria
  • 28 Aug 1981 Sebastian Coe of the UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33
  • 29 Aug 1981 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
  • 30 Aug 1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic
  • 31 Aug 1981 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired and replaced by Dick Howser

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in August 1981?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Jessie's Girlyoutube
  2. - Endless Love
  3. - The One That You Loveyoutube
  4. - Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)
  5. - Slow Hand

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Ghost Town
  2. - Green Door
  3. - Stars On 45 (Volume 2)
  4. - Hooked On Classics
  5. - Can Can

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London

Release year: 1981

Directed by: John Landis

Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne

Country: United States of America

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

Release year: 1981

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett

Gallipoli

Gallipoli

Release year: 1981

Directed by: Peter Weir

Starring: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins

Country: United States of America

Body Heat

Body Heat

Release year: 1981

Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan

Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson

Country: United States of America

Silsila

Silsila

Release year: 1981

Directed by: Yash Chopra

Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Jaya Bhaduri, Rekha

Books

Which were the most popular books released in August 1981?
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The Art Of Japanese Management by Richard Tanner Pascale and Anthony G. Athos

The Art Of Japanese Management

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This course teaches you how to make the most of Japanese business methods.

Cujo by Stephen King

Cujo

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Cujo, Stephen King's #1 National Bestseller for his rabid fans, "hits the Jugular" (New York Times), with the story about a friendly Saint Bernard who is bitten by an ill bat.

The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas

The White Hotel

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It's a dream of inexplicable violence and electrifying eroticism, as a young woman recounts it to her analyst, Sigmund Fréud. It's a disturbing, but not overtly graphic account of the Holocaust.

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot

The Lord God Made Them All

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The triumphant finale to the legendary series

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Tar Baby

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Tar Baby, Toni Morrison's reimagining of love is ravishingly beautiful and emotionally explosive. Jadine is a black fashion model who has a white patron and white boyfriend.