July 1981 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1981 NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
• 02 Jul 1981 The Wonderland Gang is brutally murdered in a massacre involving Eddie Nash.
• 03 Jul 1981 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova
• 05 Jul 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
• 07 Jul 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
• 08 Jul 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks / plane / steel industry in France
• 09 Jul 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
• 10 Jul 1981 CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV).
• 11 Jul 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
• 12 Jul 1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
• 14 Jul 1981 US Senate confirms Donna Pope as US Mint director.
• 16 Jul 1981 India performs nuclear Test
• 17 Jul 1981 This is Burlesque closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 performances
• 18 Jul 1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
• 19 Jul 1981 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George
• 20 Jul 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
• 21 Jul 1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
• 22 Jul 1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome court to life in prison.
• 24 Jul 1981 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected President of Iran
• 25 Jul 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.
• 26 Jul 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
• 27 Jul 1981 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
• 29 Jul 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
• 30 Jul 1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
• 31 Jul 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends

Famous Birthday

• Mélanie Thierry

  French stage and film actress, best known for her role as Aurora in "Babylon A.D.

• Fernando Alonso

  Spanish Formula One car racing driver, he won twice the championship.

• Taylor Kinney

  TV Actor.

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni

  Indian cricketer.

• Summer Glau

  American actress (Firefly).

• Romeo Santos

  World Music Singer.

• Tahar Rahim

  French-Agerian actor, he won the Cesar award of best actress for his role in "A Prophet" by Jacques Audiard.

• Claudette Ortiz

  American singer and model (City High).

• M Shadows

  American singer-songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold).

• Synyster Gates

  American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold).

• Romain (Star Academy)
• Gianne Albertoni

  Brazilian model and actress.

• Clive Standen
• Hope Solo

  Soccer Player.

• Raphaël Personnaz
• Jade Hsu
• Grégory Vignal

  French footballer.

• Paloma Faith

  Soul Singer.

• Anastasia Myskina

  Russian tennis player.

• Cédric Paty
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Famous Deaths

• Ross Martin

  Grodek, Poland -- Actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West).

• William Wyler

  French-American director who made his debut at the age of 25 and, in his first two years, turned out 40 two-reel Westerns.

• Harry Chapin

  American songwriter, balladeer, trumpeter, guitarist.

• Adam Walsh

  American homicide victim, kidnapped and murdered by a pedophile.

• Keefe Brasselle

  American actor, TV producer and novelist.

• Donald Lybbert

  Composer, dies at 58.

• Billy [William] Wyler

  US director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl).

• Louis Cheslock

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Robert Emmett Keane

  Actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon).

• Loring Smith

  Actor (Hartmans), dies at 86.

• Carlos de Oliveira

  Portuguese writer (Born 1921).

• Gen Omar Torrijos

  Leader of Panama, dies in plane crash.

• Ray Harrison

  dancer (American Song), dies at age 64.

• Wild Bill Hallahan

  American baseball player (Born 1902).

• Ken Rex McElroy

  American hog rustler (Born 1936).

• Fr Stanley Rother

  American Roman Catholic Priest and missionary (Born 1935).

• Roger Doucet

  French Canadian tenor (Born 1919).

• Peace Pilgrim

  American pacifist and activist (Born 1908).

• Rushton Moreve

  American bass player (Steppenwolf) (Born 1948).

• George Voskovec

  Actor (Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag), dies at 76.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
2. Air Supply - The One That You Love
3. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
4. George Harrison - All Those Years Ago
5. Joey Scarbury - Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Smokey Robinson - Being With You
2. The Specials - Ghost Town
3. Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life
4. Starsound - Stars On 45 (Volume 2)
5. Kate Robbins & Beyond - More Than In Love