Grant then made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue a career in music — Never Alone, followed by a pair of live albums in 1981 ( In Concert and In Concert Volume Two ), both backed by an augmented edition of the DeGarmo & Key band.

In 1981, nominee John Banville wrote a letter to The Guardian requesting that the prize be given to him so that he could use the money to buy every copy of the longlisted books in Ireland and donate them to libraries, " thus ensuring that the books not only are bought but also read — surely a unique occurrence.

1981 — Constitution is amended.

In fact, Idol had been a member of the punk band Generation X from 1976 – 1981, which was named after Deverson and Hamblett's 1965 sociology book Generation X — a copy of which was owned by Idol's mother.

His mother, Anita Frances ( née Levy ; later Livingston ; May 22, 1926 — July 1981 ), was a lawyer and judge in New Orleans and, later, a Louisiana Supreme Court justice.

* 1981 — Ray Bradbury ( Science Fiction Writer )

Jetsprinting as an organised sport originated in New Zealand in 1981, and events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat, but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s permanent artificial courses were used — and this is now the norm even in New Zealand.

Ferrigno continued playing the Hulk role until 1981 — although the last two episodes were not broadcast until May 1982.

Real GDP grew at over 8 percent a year and exceeded 10 percent from 1976 to 1981 — a faster growth rate than in any other economy in Latin America.

Stephen KingKing dedicated Bachman's early books — Rage ( 1977 ), The Long Walk ( 1979 ), Roadwork ( 1981 ), and The Running Man ( 1982 ) — to people close to him, and worked in obscure references to his own identity.

Lee — The Last Years 1981.

* 1981: " Don't Know Much " — # 88 U. S.

* McLean v. Arkansas — 1981

The white wedding style was given another significant boost in 1981, when three-quarter billion people — one out of six people around the globe — watched Charles, Prince of Wales marry Diana Spencer in her elaborate white taffeta dress with a 25-foot-long train.

It was delivered to Kennedy Space Center ( KSC ) on March 25, 1979, and was first launched on April 12, 1981 — the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight — with a crew of two.

Initially named CATI ( Conception Assistée Tridimensionnelle Interactive — French for Interactive Aided Three-dimensional Design ) — it was renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell the software, and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM.

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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.

* French — Alain Kan: " Au pays de Pierrot " (" In Pierrot Country " ); Chantal Goya: " Les pierrots de Paris " and " Pierrot tout blanc " (" Pure White Pierrot "), in Monsieur le Chat Botté ( 1982 ); Danielle Licari: " Les Chansons de Pierrot " ( 1981 ); Guy Béart: " Pierrot la tendresse " (" Pierrot the Tender "), from Béart à l ' université de Louvain ( 1974 ); Gérard Lenorman: " Pierrot chanteur ", from Le Soleil des Tropiques ( 1983 ); Jacques Dutronc: " Où est-il l ' ami Pierrot?

Nonetheless, according to the Haley News fan club newsletter and the Haley biography Sound and Glory, planned concerts such as a fall 1980 tour of Germany, and proposed recording sessions in New York and Memphis were cancelled — including a potential reunion with past members of the Comets — and Haley returned to his home in Harlingen, Texas where he died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack on February 9, 1981.

* 1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Zambian-Welsh footballer

* Robert K. Massie, Peter the Great, His Life and World ( New York: Ballantine, 1981 ).

Having fallen from public notice, the tunnel was rediscovered in 1981 by then 18-year-old Robert " Bob " Diamond, who entered from a manhole he located at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, crawled a distance of underground through a filled-in section of tunnel less than two feet high, and located the bulkhead wall that sealed off the main portion of the tunnel.

( see figure ) The effect was observed to be independent of parameters such as the system size and impurities, and in 1981, theorist Robert Laughlin proposed a theory describing the integer states in terms of a topological invariant called the Chern number.

* Black, Matthew, and Robert Davidson, Constantin von Tischendorf and the Greek New Testament Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1981.

RSO Records founder Robert Stigwood left the label in 1981 and TK Records closed in the same year.

Schultz has also appeared in films including The Fan ( 1981 ), as Broadway Actress Lauren Bacall's director, and Fat Man and Little Boy ( 1989 ), as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

* 1941 – Robert Bradford, Irish politician ( d. 1981 )

Spader's first major film role was in 1981 as Brooke Shields ' brother in Endless Love, and his first starring role was in Tuff Turf alongside good friend Robert Downey, Jr.

The romance tradition of Arthur is particularly evident and, according to critics, successfully handled in Robert Bresson's Lancelot du Lac ( 1974 ), Eric Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois ( 1978 ) and perhaps John Boorman's fantasy film Excalibur ( 1981 ); it is also the main source of the material utilised in the Arthurian spoof Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ).

Oswald was born in New Orleans on October 18, 1939, to Marguerite Frances ( née Claverie ; New Orleans, Louisiana, July 19, 1907 – Fort Worth, Texas, January 17, 1981 ) and Robert Edward Lee Oswald, Sr. ( New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4, 1896 – New Orleans, August 19, 1939 ).

The first significant post-Led Zeppelin project was The Honeydrippers, formed in 1981 by Robert Plant and featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar, along with studio musicians and friends of Plant and Page, including Jeff Beck, Paul Shaffer, and Nile Rodgers.

* 1981 – Robert Buckley, American actor

* 1981 – Robert Copeland, Australian footballer

* Robert Stevens, one of three pseudonyms for Robert Kellard ( 1915 – 1981 ), American actor

Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, ( 4 April 19079 September 1981 ) was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia.

From 1981 to 1989, Robert the Bruce was portrayed on £ 1 notes issued by the Clydesdale Bank, one of the three Scottish banks with right to issue banknotes.

* 1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver

* a 1981 paper by political scientist Robert Axelrod and evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton in the scientific literature, or

The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, and HIV, the retrovirus causing it, was identified in 1983 by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier.

** Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician ( d. 1981 )

** Robert Montgomery, American actor and director ( d. 1981 )

** Robert Moses, American civil engineer, public works director, and highway and bridge builder ( d. 1981 )

* Robert Kasten Jr., MBA 1966, U. S. Senator from Wisconsin 1981 to 1993.