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

Bixby directed one episode of the series, " Bring Me the Head of the Hulk " in 1980 ( original airdate: January 9, 1981 ).

This bill, which was enacted into law, “ amended the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act ... in order to provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets .”

* Talk about America: Letters from America 1951 – 1968 ( 1968 ) The Bodley Head ; ( 1981 ) Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-005764-1

Upon Head's death in 1981, Melissa Galt, who was also a goddaughter of Head, was bequeathed Head's jewelry collection.

* October 28-Edith Head, American costume designer ( died 1981 )

* Albany: New York State Museum, Louis le Brocquy and the Celtic Head Image, September 26-November 29, 1981.

He began that year as a Queen's University of Belfast lecturer, subsequently becoming Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1973 – 75, a Senior Lecturer in 1977, and Head of the Department of Commercial and Property Law from 1981 to 1989 .< ref name =" google3 ">

Professionally, Di Rupo was at the same time cabinet member and then Deputy Head of Cabinet of the minister of finance of that time of the Walloon region and consequently Deputy Head of Cabinet of the minister of finance and energy of the Walloon region at that time Philippe Busquin ( 1981 – 85 ) and superintendent of the energy-inspection of the ministry of the Walloon region.

The Head Start Act of 1981 expanded the program.

Congress enacted the Head Start Act in 1981.

Edited by Alan E. I. Andrews: Blubber Head Press, Hobart, 1981.

Zanello was given the internal responsibility of the Zanussi Industrial Design until 1981 when he went to Seleco ( Zanussi brand for electronics ) as Head of Design.

Before this, he also worked as Head Technician of Generalitat's linguistic planning policy ( 1981 – 1988 ) and headed the Cultural Territorial Services of the Generalitat at Tarragona ( 1982 to 1984 ).

In 1981, Ulrich discovered British heavy metal band Diamond Head.

He was succeeded by writer and historian Alistair Moffat, who left in 1981 to become Head of Arts at Scottish Television.

He then served as President of the Military Committee for National Reconstruction from 1 September 1981 to 21 September 1985, and as President of the Republic and Head of State from 21 September 1985 until 22 October 1993.

He began his career as a history teacher at Whitley Bay High School in 1981, after eight years there he became the Head of the Sixth Form at the Hirst High School on Lichfield Close in Ashington, then head of department, where he remained until he was elected to the British House of Commons.

Among these are: The Oak Ridge Boys's top five hit, " I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head ( And Left My Heart Alone )," originally from Conway's 1979 album Crosswinds, Steve Wariner's " I'm Already Taken " from Twitty's 1981 album Mr. T ( which Wariner wrote ), Lee Greenwood's " It Turns Me Inside Out " from Twitty's 1982 album Southern Comfort, John Conlee's " In My Eyes " from Twitty's 1982 album Dream Maker, John Schneider's " What's a Memory Like You ( Doin ' in a Love Like This?

Edith Head ( October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981 ) was an American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards, more than any other woman.

Head died on October 24, 1981, four days before her 84th birthday, from myelofibrosis, an incurable disease of the bone marrow.

Since 1981 and until the end of 2011, the position of Cabinet Secretary has been combined with the roles of Head of the Home Civil Service and Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office.

Unfortunately, due to a riot by Teenage Head fans in 1981 ( purportedly instigated by their manager, who allegedly was interested in the publicity ) harder rock acts were thereafter banned from the venue.

According to Venerable Tripitaka Master Bhikshu Shramana Hsuan Hua's " Shurangama Mantra Commentary " ( Buddhist Text Translation Society of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, 1981, Volume 1 ), the Shurangama Mantra mystically and literally includes all of the Buddha Dharma in its entirety, and its focus is on the Five Dhyana Buddhas ( Vairochana, Amitabha ), Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi, with stress on Vairochana and Ashobhya Buddhas ) and their retinues of Dharmapalas and wrathful deities in male and female forms, such as Vajrapani, wrathful Manjushri, Mahakala, Tara, Pandaravasini, Prakruti, Uchushma Fire Head Vajra, Brahma, Indra, Shiva as Rudra, Raudri-Umapati form of Vajrayogini, Narayana, Ganapati, various Dhakinis, Naga kings, Yaksha kings, Rakshasha kings, and many other Dharma Protectors of the Buddhist Pantheon and Vedic pantheon.