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

Even after the election of Bobby Sands as MP for Fermanagh / South Tyrone, a part of the mass mobilization associated with the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike by republican prisoners in the H blocks of the Maze prison ( known as Long Kesh by Republicans ), Adams was cautious about the level of political involvement by Sinn Féin.

* 1981 Irish Hunger strike Site

The 1981 novel The Hunger ( adapted as a film in 1983 ) continued the theme of open sexuality and examined the biology of vampires, suggesting that their special abilities were the result of physical properties of their blood.

* Whitley Strieber's Hunger series ( 1981 – 2002 ).

An example of a Provisional Irish Republican Army | Provisional IRA active service unit wearing balaclavas at a 2009 1981 Irish hunger strike | Hunger Strike commemoration in Galbally, County Tyrone | Galbally, County Tyrone

She was a leading spokesperson for the Smash H-Block Campaign, which supported the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike in 1980 and 1981.

Sinn Féin candidates began to displace the SDLP from some nationalist constituencies after the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike, when the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected to the British Parliament in a by-election.

* the focus of the Project ( 1977 – 1990 ) on public education and advocacy, rather than providing food and other direct action ( on May 30, 1981 the board of directors of Oxfam Canada passed a resolution which stated they would not endorse any activities or programs sponsored by The Hunger Project, nor would they accept funds from the project.

Other famous songs written by the group include Joe McDonnell, a song about the life and death of the Provisional IRA member who was the fifth person to die on the 1981 Hunger Strike.

Three members of the INLA died in the 1981 Hunger Strikes in HM Prison Maze ( aka Long Kesh ).

Hunger Strike of 1981

As a stronghold of the Third Battalion of the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade, rioting and gun battles between the IRA and the British Army and loyalist paramilitaries were almost daily occurrences during the early 1970s and other periods of high political tension such as the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike, and occurred sporadically during the rest of that period.

The ensuing by-election took place amidst the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike and was one of the most important by-elections in modern Irish history.

During the eighties, Plank remained in high demand with the new generation of electronic pop and New Wave artists, including Devo, The Meteors, from Holland, ( Hunger in 1980 ) and ( Stormy Seas in 1981 ), Ultravox ( Systems of Romance, Vienna and Rage in Eden ), Freur and The Tourists ( Luminous Basement ), Eurythmics ( In the Garden ).

* 14 August-Denis Faul, monsignor, Northern Ireland civil rights activist, chaplain to prisoners in Maze Prison during 1981 Irish Hunger Strike ( died 2006 ).

* Bobby Sands ( 1954-1981 ), Irish republican who died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike

No Armagh prisoners took part in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

Hughes was involved in the mass hunger strike in 1980, and was the second prisoner to join the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike in the H-Blocks at HM Prison Maze.

The prison was the main internment centre in Northern Ireland for suspected terrorists during the 1970s and was the focus of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

He died at the age of 25 in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike in the Maze prison ( known to republicans as Long Kesh ).

* 1981: " Hunger " ( social responsibility )

Maguire's death led to a by-election in early 1981, when the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was underway.