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

She was married to Zaki Fateen Abdel-Wahab in 1981, the son of Fateen Abdel-Wahab ( film director ) and Leila Mourad ; this marriage lasted only five months.

The next album, El Loco, was released in October 1981, featuring three singles (" Tube Snake Boogie ", " Pearl Necklace ", and " Leila ").

*" Leila " ( song ), 1981 song by American rock band ZZ Top, from their album El Loco

* 1981: Charles Saad died, leaving the school in the hands of the team he had formed, headed by Leila Saad and Ralph Bistany, overseas development continues

Between 1979 and 1980, the School Board negotiated with the Ministry of Education until it was agreed and approved by all the sponsors that in order to improve the school, all properties of Pei Tong Public School would be handed over to the Ministry of Education as from 1981 ; the new government primary school to be built on Avenue 5 Clementi New Town be named Pei Tong Primary School ; all the teaching and non-teaching staff and pupils be transferred to the new school ; and members of the School Board join as members of the School Advisory Committee.

* 1981 – Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress

Search for Tomorrow taped for two weeks in Hong Kong in 1981.

Former-Beatle George Harrison recorded two of Carmichael's songs (" Baltimore Oriole " and " Hong Kong Blues ") for his 1981 LP Somewhere in England.

ZEE Toys of Hong Kong produced the line, and the US distribution was picked up by Intex in 1981.

She is a fully ordained bhikṣuṇī in a combination of the Mulasarvastivadin and Dharmaguptaka lineages of vinaya, having received full ordination in Hong Kong in 1981 at the behest of the sixteenth Karmapa.

Hutchison International, under Colonel Sir Douglas Clague ( 1917 – 1981 ), gained controlling interest of Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock in the 1960s.

The Holga camera was designed by T. M. Lee in 1981, and first appeared outside China in 1982 with its appearance in Hong Kong.

After rejoining the Diplomatic Service in 1974 he worked in the Cabinet Office and then, from 1977 to 1981, as Political Adviser to Sir Murray MacLehose, then Governor of Hong Kong.

It was not until 1981 that the unit formally registered as a Hong Kong company, Cable and Wireless ( Hong Kong ) Limited.

He later trained as a teacher, obtaining a Graduate Diploma of Education in 1981 and a Master of Education at the University of Hong Kong in 1983.

In 1981, Palace Theatre showed Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve, which remained in cinemas for 223 days, a record length for Hong Kong at the time.

Games Gamblers Play ( 1974 ), The Private Eyes ( 1976 ), The Contract ( 1978 ) and Security Unlimited ( 1981 ) – the last of which won him the first Hong Kong Academy Best Actor award – are often seen as the quintessential comedies made by the company.

After failing to agree terms with Bolton Wanderers in 1981, he was invited as a guest player and played three matches for two Hong Kong First Division teams ( Sea Bee and Rangers ) in 1982.

From 1978 to 1980 he raced in Hong Kong, then retired in 1981.

In Southern California, 99 Ranch's main competitors are the Hong Kong Supermarket ( established in 1981 ) and Shun Fat Supermarket ( started in the mid-1990s ) chains.

Hong Kong Supermarket was established in 1981 with its flagship store located in Monterey Park, California, where it is still among the popular Asian supermarkets, and is headquartered in New York city.

Mitsukoshi Hong Kong opened in 1981.

Amoy Gardens ( Chinese: 淘大花園 ; Jyutping: tou4 daai6 faa1 jyun4 ; Pinyin: táo dà huā yuán ) is a high-density middle-class private housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1981 to 1987.

Nissin Foods has established offices and factories in various countries, such as Brazil ( since 1981 ), Hong Kong ( since 1985 ), India ( since 1992 ), Germany ( since 1993 ), Thailand ( since 1994 ), China ( since 1995 ) and Mexico ( since 2000 ).

* The Prodigal Son ( film ), a 1981 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Sammo Hung

He became Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1978, and having been appointed CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1980, he became Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong on 13 June 1980, with the substantive rank of major-general from 1 January 1981.

The 1981 Taiwanese / Hong Kong move " If I Were For Real " is an adaptation of the Government Inspector set in the Cultural Revolution.

In late 1981 the 1st Battalion left Aldergrove for warmer climes when it deployed to Hong Kong in the Far East on a two-year posting.