November 1981 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1981 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents
• 03 Nov 1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
• 04 Nov 1981 Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 seconds remaining
• 06 Nov 1981 Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award
• 08 Nov 1981 Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
• 10 Nov 1981 Oh, Brother! opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 3 performances
• 11 Nov 1981 Oh, Brother! closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 3 performances
• 12 Nov 1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
• 13 Nov 1981 Ringo releases Wrack My Brains
• 14 Nov 1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired andworking again
• 15 Nov 1981 Camelot opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 16 Nov 1981 Merrily We Roll Along opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
• 17 Nov 1981 1st opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
• 18 Nov 1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
• 20 Nov 1981 Burundia adopts its constitution
• 21 Nov 1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles
• 22 Nov 1981 Marlowe closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
• 24 Nov 1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
• 25 Nov 1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
• 28 Nov 1981 Merrily We Roll Along closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 29 Nov 1981 My Fair Lady closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
• 30 Nov 1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award

Famous Birthday

• Louise Bourgoin
• Natasha Bedingfield

  British singer.

• Jenna Bush

  daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush.

• Anushka Shetty

  Indian actress.

• Natalie Glebova

  Russian/Canadian beauty queen, Miss Universe 2005.

• Xabi Alonso

  Soccer Player.

• Thierry Dusautoir

  French rugby union player from the Ivory Coast (mother), his father is a white French.

• LaTavia Roberson

  American singer (Destiny's Child).

• Barbara Pierce Bush
• Christina Vidal

  American actress and singer.

• Sarah Harding

  Pop Singer.

• Song Hye-kyo

  South Korean actress and singer.

• Orsolya Tóth
• Kimberley Walsh

  Pop Singer.

• Azura Skye

  American actress.

• Machiko Ono

  Japanese actress.

• Gauthier de Tessières
• Janin Reinhardt
• Lakshmi Menon
• Bojana Novakovic
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Famous Deaths

• Natalie Wood

  American actress, one of the few child stars who was able to make the transition from child roles to teenage and adult roles.

• William Holden

  American actor (Born 1918).

• Max Euwe

  Dutch champion chess player, world champ 1937.

• Jack Albertson

  American actor (Chico and the Man), dies at age 74 (born 1907).

• Abel Gance

  French film director and producer, writer and actor.

• Lotte Lenya (Karoline Blamauer) at age 83 in New York (born in Penzig

  Austria); stage/film actress/dancer.

• Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

  16th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan religious figure (Born 1924).

• Steve Macko

  American baseball player (Born 1954).

• Will Durant

  American historian and educator.

• William Holden

  American actor and Academy Award winner, well known from the time of his debut film, "Golden Boy," in 1939.

• Bob Eberly

  Mechanicsville, New York -- Singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band).

• Andreina Pagnani

  Italian stage/film/tv actress, comedienne.

• Harry Von Zell

  TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75.

• Enid Markey

  Actress (Foolish Mothers, Civilization), dies at 85.

• Morgan Conway

  Actor (Dick Tracy Detective).

• Machgielis "Max" Euwe

  World chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80.

• Max [Machgielis] Euwe

  Chess champ (1935-37).

• Robert H Harris

  Actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
2. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes
3. Olivia Newton-John - Physical
4. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
5. Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
2. Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)
3. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
4. The Tweets - The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)
5. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic