Among them: Trace, Steve Hackett, Third Eye Blind, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Jon Brion, Blur, Marco Benevento, Fiona Apple, Kraftwerk ( Orchestron ), Money Mark, Ani DiFranco, Michael Penn, Steve Fisk, Tom Waits, Nan Vernon, Hala Strana, TISM, The Real Tuesday Weld, and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo — who mixed in parts of the " Banjo Sing-Along " disc on a later remix of Devo's 1981 single, " Beautiful World.

Ani Pema Chodron, an American woman who was ordained as a bhikkhuni ( a fully ordained Buddhist nun ) in a lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in 1981.

* " Incubator ", a song by the Israeli rock band, HaClique, in their 1981 album, Ima Ani Lo Rotze Lehigamel

In other animation work, Ingle voiced the Judge in the 1993 episode “ La La Law ” of Ani ­ ma ­ ni ­ acs He was in the voice casts of the 1981 series Smurfs, in addi ­ tion to two episodes in the 1997 Extreme Ghost ­ busters series and the 1985 The Jet ­ sons episode “ Elroy in Won ­ der ­ land .” Ingle was Wise Paw in the 21-episode 1985 syn ­ di ­ cated series Paw Paws, a seg ­ ment of the ani ­ mated block The Fun ­ tas ­ tic World of Hanna-Barbera.

On 2 April 1967, Redgrave married English actor John Clark Together they had three children, airline pilot Benjamin Clark ( born 1968 ), singer-songwriter Pema ( originally Kelly ) Clark ( born 1970 ), and author and photographer Annabel Lucy Clark ( born 1981 ).

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (; born 7 June 1981 ) is a Russian retired professional tennis player.

* 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.

* In the 1981 British fantasy film Time Bandits, Agamemnon is played by Sean Connery.

* 1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

The 1981 film Clash of the Titans retells the story of Perseus, Andromeda, and Cassiopeia, but makes a few changes ( notably Cassiopeia boasts that her daughter is more beautiful than Thetis as opposed to the Nereids as a group ).

La Longue Marche à travers la théorie de Galois Long March Through Galois Theory is an approximately 1600-page handwritten manuscript produced by Grothendieck during the years 1980 – 1981, containing many of the ideas leading to the Esquisse d ' un programme ( see below, and also a more detailed entry ), and in particular studying the Teichmüller theory.

* The Ark of the Covenant is the main focus of Steven Spielberg's 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the same prop also appears in a cameo in a later sequel in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Johan Cruijff played at Ajax between 1959 – 73 and 1981 – 83, winning 3 European Cups ; his # 14 is the only squad number Ajax has ever retired.

* 1981 – The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.

* 1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh's son is found.

: Black women and feminism is a 1981 book by bell hooks titled after Sojourner Truth's " Ain't I a Woman?

The 1981 film Fort Apache, The Bronx is another film that used the Bronx's gritty image for its storyline.

Also from 1981 is the horror film Wolfen making use of the rubble of the Bronx as a home for werewolf type creatures.

It is best known from the Cronquist system, of 1981, which placed this order in subclass Zingiberidae, of class Liliopsida.

The Jamaican influence present in Criminal Minded is well illustrated by the use of the " Mad Mad " or " Diseases " riddim started in 1981 with reggae star Yellowman's song " Zunguzung.

*" Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language " – By Brian Kernighan, AT & T Bell Labs, 2 April 1981

A minor planet, 3623 Chaplin, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina in 1981, is named after him.

The international airport at N ’ Djamena was damaged in fighting in 1981, but is now served by several international carriers including Air Afrique, which is partly owned by Chad.

In the Cronquist system it is used for an order ( placed in subclass Commelinidae ) and circumscribed as ( 1981 ):

In 1981, the PRK gave the official population figure as nearly 6. 7 million, although approximately 6. 3 million to 6. 4 million is probably more accurate.

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama film.

Fermanagh is part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone Parliamentary Constituency, renowned for high levels of voting and for electing Provisional IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands as a Member of Parliament in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981, shortly before his death.

When the Church chooses to canonize new material, it is typically added to the Doctrine and Covenants ; the most recent changes were made in 1981.

" The Sign of the Southern Cross " is a song by Black Sabbath written in 1981 which was sung by Ronnie James Dio.

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 – 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 – Demetria McKinney, American actress

* 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and songwriter ( Gym Class Heroes )

* 1981 – Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player

* 1981 – Claire Dames, American porn actress

* 1981 – C. C. Swiney, American actor, writer, and director

* 1981 – Sara Foster, American actress

* 1981 – Brett Chukerman, American actor

* 1981 – Taylor Fry, American actress

* 1981 – Miracle Laurie, American actress

* 1981 – Ashley Parker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ( O-Town )

* 1981 – Sally Pressman, American dancer and actress

* 1901 – Ann Harding, American actress ( d. 1981 )

* 1915 – James Elliott, American track and field coach ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Meagan Good, American actress

* 1981 – Russell Harvard, American actor

* 1981 – Jake Scott, American football player

* 1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player ( d. 1981 )

* 1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player

* 1981 – Julius Jones, American football player