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1981
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POLITICS and HISTORY
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Pope John Paul II is shot twice in St Peter's Square (recovers fully)
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The Iranian President, Prime Minister and 29 others were killed in a bomb attack
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Peter Sutcliffe is arrested in Sheffield, UK and charged with the 13 'Yorkshire Ripper' murders.
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The Springbok (South African) Rugby tour of New Zealand. Over 1000 people were arrested during the two months of the tour.
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Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are married at St Pauls Cathedral.
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Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley
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Civil War rages in Lebanon
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Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat is assassinated
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Muhammad Ali retires from boxing
MUSIC
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Don't You Want Me by Human League
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Gloria by U2
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Pretty in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs
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Golden Brown by the Stranglers
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Tainted Love by Soft Cell
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Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode
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Never Say Never by Romeo Void
TV and at the MOVIES
- Those def babysitting College Girls at The Facts of Life
- Family Ties (Alex Keaton was my hero)
- Brideshead Revisitted (Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews...British heaven)
- An American Werewolf in London scared the pants of everyone
- Arthur was just soooooo funny
- Gallipoli made sure that we should never forget
- An Officer and a Gentleman took us up where we belong
- Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced us to Indiana Jones
- Chariots of Fire was an Olympic effort
People who died in 1981
- Bill Haley (b.1925) American bandleader
- Joe Louis (b.1914) American boxer
- Bob Marley (b.1945) Jamaican reggae musician
- William Holden (b.1918) American actor
- Natalie Wood (b.1938) American actress
- Hoagy Carmichael (b.1899) American songwriter
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