Allan Dwan ( April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981 ) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.

* 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aviation industrialist ( d. 1981 )

* 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American writer ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer

* 1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player and agent

* 1981 – Kari Jobe, American singer and songwriter ( Gateway Worship )

* 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist ( Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League )

* 1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle ( Columbia ) takes place-the STS-1 mission.

* 1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentine footballer

* 1981 – Grant Holt, English footballer

* 1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist

* 1981 – John O ' Shea, Irish footballer

* 1981 – Emma Pierson, English actress

* 1981 – Kunal Nayyar, Indian-English actor

* 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist ( d. 1981 )

* 1933 – Joke Smit, Dutch activist and politician ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer

* 1981 – Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer

* 1981 – Demetria McKinney, American actress

* 1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver

* 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and songwriter ( Gym Class Heroes )

* 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater

* 1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player

* 1981 – Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player

* 1981 – Claire Dames, American porn actress

Citing Podesta's influence in the formation of the Obama Administration, a November 2008 article in Time stated that " not since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway.

Citing the history in the U. S. of political assassinations of revolutionaries ( including Malcolm X and Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton ), and the increasing attacks and threats against Avakian, in 1981 Avakian left the country and went into self-exile in France.

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Ravi Batra argues that " all official economic measures adopted since 1981 ... have devastated the middle class " and that the Occupy Wall Street movement should push for their repeal and thus end the influence of the super wealthy in the political process, which he considers a manifestation of crony capitalism.

In 1981, the PRK gave the official population figure as nearly 6. 7 million, although approximately 6. 3 million to 6. 4 million is probably more accurate.

Initially it was a supporting material publication for White Bear and Red Moon but for its 11th issue, in 1981, it had become the official RuneQuest magazine.

Likewise, David Stockman, Ronald Reagan's most influential financial official in 1981 was an acknowledged follower of Hayek.

* Sir John Ford ( born 1922 ), British Foreign Office official who served in Canada from 1978 to 1981 ( List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Canada )

The Fellowship was granted official church status by the state in 1981.

" New owner Walter Haas restored the official name to " Athletics " in 1981, but retained the nickname " A's " for marketing purposes.

Since his death in 1981, however, Askin's legacy has been tarnished by persistent unproven allegations that he was involved in organised crime and official corruption.

Patrese, together with the official who started the race, stood trial in 1981 for Peterson's death but both were declared not guilty and speculations towards Hunt's involvement in Peterson's death arose instead.

On June 27, 1981, the Central Committee adopted the " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China " ( The Resolution ), an official assessment of major historical events since 1949.

The official proclamation of the new CPC stand came in June 1981, when the Sixth Plenum of the Eleventh National Party Congress Central Committee took place.

The guillotine remained the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981.

Contemporary Greek literature is usually ( but not exclusively ) written in polytonic orthography, though the monotonic orthography was made official in 1981 by Andreas Papandreou.

Edwin " Ed " Meese, III ( born December 2, 1931 ) is an attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration ( 1967 – 1974 ), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team ( 1980 ), and the Reagan White House ( 1981 – 1985 ), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States ( 1985 – 1988 ).

In Thatcher's government, Alan Walters was an official adviser from 1981 to 1984, and again in 1989.

Between the spring of 1981 and early 1982 he handed almost 4, 000 secret documents over to the French, including the complete official list of 250 Line X KGB officers stationed under legal cover in embassies around the world, before being arrested in February 1982 and executed in 1983.

* History of the World: Part I ( 1981 ) … Citizen official

During the 1980s a number of official events in Cathedral life took place: in 1981, the Prince of Wales visited to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Consecration of the Cathedral ; and on Maundy Thursday 1982, Queen Elizabeth II distributed the Royal Maundy at the Cathedral.

The final official Funkadelic album, The Electric Spanking of War Babies, was released in 1981.

In 1981, the official name was changed to the " Township of Glen Ridge Borough " to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies.

After the two legal suits from both Pinder in 1981 and Moraz in 1992, the band were careful not to recognize future keyboard players as official members.

In 1981 the Plano City Council adopted the City ’ s official logo based on a design submitted via a community contest by long-time Plano resident James R. ( Jim ) Wainner, a professional artist and graphic designer.

In 1981, the NPS defined the official boundaries of the National Mall ( National Mall proper ) as Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues on the north, 1st Street NW on the east, Independence and Maryland Avenues on the south, and 14th Street NW on the west, with the exception of the section of land bordered by Jefferson Drive on the north, Independence Avenue on the south, and by 12th and 14th Streets respectively on the east and west, which the U. S. Department of Agriculture administers and which contains the Jamie L. Whitten Building ( U. S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building ).

In 1981, after Longo repainted the eight-layered glass panels ( and straightened the " 0 "), his revised logo became the official trademark.