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

* 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its " Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China ", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

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.

In the 1980s, Hall, Staple and Golding founded the pop band Fun Boy Three and enjoyed commercial success from 1981 to 1983 with hits such as " Tunnel of Love ", " Our Lips Are Sealed " and " The Lunatics ( Have Taken Over the Asylum )".

* Our Family Business ( 1981 )

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981 – 1991.

First coming to prominence for her role as Sybylla Melvyn in the coming-of-age saga My Brilliant Career ( 1979 ), for which she won BAFTA Awards for Best Actress and Best Newcomer, Judy Davis also played the lead in the Australian New Wave classics Winter of Our Dreams ( 1981 ) ( as a waif-like heroin addict ) and Heatwave ( 1982 ) ( as a radical tenant organizer ).

Our Lady of Fátima is credited by many faithful and by John Paul II himself, with saving his life during the assassination attempt, which took place on 13 May 1981.

Pope John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fátima with saving his life following the assassination attempt on Wednesday, May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fátima, in 1981.

Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated …( 1981 ).

Luft starred in the 1981 national tour of They're Playing Our Song.

* They're Playing Our Song ( February – April 1981 ) ( national tour )

Our story begins in 1981.

* Our Own Freedom ( photographs by Maggie Murray ; London: Sheba, 1981 ).

Some of the more notable include " City of God " ( 1981 ), " Only This I Want " ( 1981 ), " Blest Be the Lord " ( 1976 ), " You Are Near " ( 1971 ), " Though the Mountains May Fall " ( 1975 ), " Sing a New Song " ( 1972 ), " Glory and Praise to Our God " ( 1976 ) " Table of Plenty " ( 1992 ) and " These Alone Are Enough " ( 2004 ).

* Ernst, Sheila & Goodison, Lucy ( 1981 ); In Our Own Hands ; The Women's Press, London ; ISBN 0-7043-3841-6

* The Enemy of Our Enemies, Liberty Bell Publications, 1981, reedited 2003

In 1981, he co-founded " Choosing Our Future " ( COF ), a national organization with members in 26 states.

In 1981, the Archbishop told the House Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs: " Our position is to oppose military aid and intervention from all outside powers.

Matthew Beard, Jr. ( January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981 ) was an American child actor, most famous for portraying the character of Stymie in the Our Gang short films from 1930 to 1935.

By now, without the lead vocals of Precious Wilson, success was drastically diminishing, and their singles from 1981 to 1983, from their fourth album Our Way received little notice.

EWTN was founded by Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA in 1980 and began broadcasting on August 15, 1981 from a garage studio at the Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Irondale, Alabama, which Mother Angelica founded in 1962.

All Our Saturdays ( 1981 – 1986 ) is a retrospective CD compilation of Rational Youth songs.