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

Sharon returned to Jerry with the children in 1981.

* Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth, radio announcers for Toronto Blue Jays from 1981 to 2005

In 1981, UA was sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, and five years later, Ted Turner acquired the pre-May 1986 MGM library — which included the rights to MGM's cartoon characters like Tom and Jerry and Bosko.

She later appeared in an " Off Broadway " production of Durang's comedy Beyond Therapy in 1981, which was directed by the up-and-coming director Jerry Zaks.

* Friedwald, Will & Beck, Jerry ( 1981 ): The Warner Brothers Cartoons.

Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown ( 1975 – 1981 ), a California State Assemblyman ( 1983 – 1987 ), California State Controller ( 1987 – 1995 ) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California ( 1995 – 1999 ).

Davis returned to California and entered politics, serving as Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff to Governor Edmund G. " Jerry " Brown Jr. from 1975 to 1981.

* Jerry E. Hinshaw, former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who represented Springdale from 1981 to 1996.

* Jerry E. Hinshaw, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996, resided in Tontitown.

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

Valenzuela in 1981 was named the opening day starter as a rookie after Jerry Reuss was injured 24 hours before his scheduled start and Burt Hooton was not ready to fill in.

After making the one-off single " Cinco de Mayo " for LA Records in 1981 ( Jerry Goldstein's own label, which also reissued Eric Burdon Declares " War " under the title Spill the Wine the same year ), Lowrider signed with RCA Victor Records and recorded Outlaw ( 1982 ) which included the single plus additional singles " You Got the Power ", " Outlaw ", and " Just Because ".

In 1981, California Governor Jerry Brown, who had established a reputation as a strong environmentalist, was confronted with a serious medfly infestation in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He then went on to defeat Lottie Mwale, Vonzell Johnson, future world Super-Middleweight champion Murray Sutherland and Jerry Martin, all in defense of his world title, before facing Muhammad Qawi ( then Braxton ) in December 1981.

* Jerry Miller, D. D., 1981 – 1992

One of her early collaborations was with Jerry Harrison's ( Talking Heads ) The Red and The Black album 1981.

In 1981 and 1986, under Hall of Fame Coach Jerry Welsh, the Potsdam Bears basketball team won the NCAA Division III National Championship.

Film critic Danny Peary has made the claim in his 1981 book Cult Movies that the character of Love is actually the real counterpart of Jerry Lewis.

) in 1981 specifically in response to what it felt was the divisive rhetoric of such increasingly influential televangelists as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.

* The Doctors ( 1981 ) ... as Dr. Jerry Dancy

Baker Publishing Group ( co-authors Ed Dobson and Jerry Falwell ) ( 1981 )

Jerome ( Jerry ) Wurf ( May 18, 1919 – December 10, 1981 ) was a U. S. labor leader and president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ( AFSCME ) from 1964 to 1981.