February 1981 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
• 02 Feb 1981 Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at age 88.
• 03 Feb 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected Premier of Norway
• 05 Feb 1981 Piaf opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances
• 06 Feb 1981 Brady Brides, debuts on NBC TV
• 08 Feb 1981 Brigadoon closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances
• 09 Feb 1981 Stardust fire: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours kills 48 and injures 214.
• 10 Feb 1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
• 11 Feb 1981 Polish Premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
• 12 Feb 1981 Cape Verde amends its constitution.
• 13 Feb 1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
• 14 Feb 1981 Stardust Disaster: A fire in a Dublin nightclub kills 48 people
• 15 Feb 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York.
• 17 Feb 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history
• 20 Feb 1981 James Sanford equals 50 metre indoor world record (5.61 seconds).
• 21 Feb 1981 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
• 22 Feb 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic.
• 23 Feb 1981 People Magazine features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips
• 24 Feb 1981 Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
• 25 Feb 1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
• 26 Feb 1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn and Bost
• 27 Feb 1981 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record Ebony and Ivory
• 28 Feb 1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston Rockets) sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws.

Famous Birthday

• Paris Hilton

  American actress and socialite, child of noted hotel family, She is the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton hotels.

• Tom Hiddleston

  Movie Actor.

• Natasha St Pier
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  American actor, best-known for his role as information officer Tommy on the TV sitcom "3rd Rock From The Sun", and in the blockbuster Batman...

• Kelly Rowland

  American singer (Destiny's Child).

• Josh Groban

  American vocalist, a baritone, with a classical-pop crossover style, In late 1998, he was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning...

• Julie Zenatti

  French singer born in an Algerian jewish family.

• Sonia Rolland
• Lleyton Hewitt

  Australian tennis player, a Wimbledon champion 2002.

• Beth Ditto

  American singer-songwriter (Gossip).

• Floor Jansen
• Holly Willoughby

  British TV presenter.

• Elodie Yung

  Actress.

• Shahid Kapoor

  Indian actor.

• Vitas

  Russian singer-songwriter.

• Nora Zehetner

  American actress.

• Majandra Delfino

  American actress.

• Uzo Aduba

  American actress.

• Bruno Julliard

  French political activist, who served from 2005 to 2007 as the chairman of the UNEF, the main student union in France.

• Célyne Durand
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Famous Deaths

• Mike Bloomfield

  American musician, an important guitarist in American rock'n'roll who played with the biggies from the time he was 15.

• Bill Haley

  American musician of Haley and the Comets rock group.

• Louise Lorraine

  Actress (Adventures of Tarzan).

• Munabi

  Assistant to Uganda President Obote, murdered.

• Donald Wills Douglas

  Sr.

• Ella Grasso

  Governor of Connecticut (Born 1919).

• Nils Geirr Tveitt

  Norwegian composer, dies at age 72 (born 1908).

• FC Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes]

  lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at age 79.

• Frederika of Hanover

  Queen Consort of Greece (Born 1917).

• Jan Donner

  Dutch politician.

• Michael Maltese

  American actor screenwriter and composer (d. 1981).

• Franz Sondheimer

  German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981).

• Robert Aickman

  English author and activist co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (d. 1981).

• Hugo Montenegro

  American composer and bandleader (d. 1981).

• Geirr Tveitt

  Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1981).

• Howard Hanson

  American composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at age 84 (born 1896).

• Jean Dixon

  Actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once).

• Thomas Beversdorf

  Composer, dies at 56.

• Wanda Hendrix

  American actress, a wholesome, baby-faced ingénue of grade-B films in the '50s with roles in over 21 films.

• Ernst Pepping

  Composer, dies at 79.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Blondie - The Tide Is High
2. Kool & The Gang - Celebration
3. Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
4. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
5. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. John Lennon - Imagine
2. Joe Dolce Music Theatre - Shaddup You Face
3. Ultravox - Vienna
4. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
5. John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)