* 1981 – John O ' Shea, Irish footballer

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

* 1981 – John McFall, English sprinter

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.

William John Clifton " Bill " Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981 ) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians.

* John Woo directed a parody film of Chaplin's " The Kid " called Hua ji shi dai ( 1981 ), also known as " Laughing Times.

* On November 20, 1981, the CBC Radio series Nightfall aired an adaptation of Carmilla written by Graham Pomeroy and John Douglas.

In the 1970s, McLean usually toured solo but from 1981 to 1996 was accompanied by John Platania on guitar.

* Mosedale, John ( 1981 ).

Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter.

John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement ( Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1981 ).

* 1981 – John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter

Between 1979 and 1985, under John Negroponte's appointment as U. S. diplomat from 1981 to 1985, U. S. military and economic aid to Honduras jumped from $ 31 million to $ 282 million.

* Sir John Ford ( born 1922 ), British Foreign Office official who served in Canada from 1978 to 1981 ( List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Canada )

* 2000 – Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.

* 1981 – 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.

* John Walker Lindh ( born 1981 ), aka John Walker, imprisoned American captured as an enemy combatant in 2001, in Afghanistan

John Phillip Walker Lindh ( born February 9, 1981 ) is a United States citizen who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States ' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

This piece is John Adams's second major composition on a text, after Harmonium ( 1981 ) for chorus and orchestra.

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 ).

* Levtzion, Nehemia, and John Hopkins: Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History, Cambridge 1981.

On August 1, 1981, at 12: 01 a. m., MTV launched with the words " Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll ," spoken by John Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch of Apollo 11.

* 1981 – John Maine, American baseball player

* 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome.

" In the program notes for John Barton's 1981 RSC production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Anne Barton, his wife, wrote that the central theme of the play was " how to bring love and friendship into a constructive and mutually enhancing relationship.

The RSC again staged the play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1981, as a double bill with Titus Andronicus, under the direction of John Barton, with Peter Land as Proteus, Peter Chelsom as Valentine, Julia Swift as Julia and Diana Hardcastle as Silvia.

commenced publication on 6 June 1981 and was edited by Geoff Barton, initially as a one-time supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts.

Following college Barton entered private industry until 1981 when he became a White House Fellow and served under United States Secretary of Energy James B. Edwards.

* Barton Price – drums ( 1981 – 82 )

Villa won the League Championship in 1981 ( their first league title in 71 years ) and Barton was promoted to the manager's seat in February 1982 after Saunders resigned.

A search of U. S. copyright renewal records reveals that a copyright claim was filed by Packing Service Corporation in 1981 by Packing Service Corporation and Sidney Barton.

* William Barton ( musician ) ( born 1981 ), Australian Didgeridoo player

Because of the game's success, a sequel followed in 1981 dubbed Asteroids Deluxe.

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.

Construction began on the first residential building in 1980, followed in 1981 with the start of construction on the World Financial Center.

Her first effort was called Sunflower to the sun ISBN 0-7981-1228-X ( Human & Rousseau, 1976 ), followed by Herman Charles Bosman, a Pictorial Biography ISBN 0-628-02148-8 ( Perskor, 1981 ), and most recently by Herman Charles Bosman: Between the Lines ISBN 1-77007-163-6 ( Struik, 2005 ).

Mr. Cole served only one term, after which the IAEA was headed by two Swedes for nearly four decades: the scientist Sigvard Eklund held the job from 1961 to 1981, followed by former Swedish Foreign Minister Hans Blix, who served from 1981 to 1997.

In foreign policy, Papua New Guinea was accorded Observer status within ASEAN in 1976 followed later by Special Observer status in 1981.

The accession of Greece in 1981, followed by Spain and Portugal in 1986 brought in more parties.

Reagan followed his 1981 tax cuts with the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which sought to eliminate deductions, lower marginal rates for the wealthy, and significantly raise taxes on those earning less than $ 50, 000 In 1982 Reagan agreed to a rollback of corporate tax cuts and a smaller rollback of individual income tax cuts.

During this game, CBS would introduce a new theme that would be used the following season for the NFL Today pregame show between 1976 and 1981 in its original form, with a remake for 1982 followed by updates for 1983 and 1989 before its retirement.

In 1980, Tharp's work first appeared on Broadway with Twyla Tharp Dance performing When We Were Very Young, followed in 1981 by The Catherine Wheel, her collaboration with David Byrne at the Winter Garden.

From 1951 to 1981, using his family as models, and incorporating memorabilia, the ' Old Trapper ' followed his dreams and visions to create the Lodge and its ' Boot Hill.

In 1981, she became the first female celebrity to launch her own perfume, Sophia, and a brand of eyewear soon followed.

Lifetime Achievement awards from the Golden Globes and Academy Awards followed in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

In 1981, they got together again for the famous concert in Central Park, followed by a world tour and an aborted reunion album, to have been entitled Think Too Much, which was eventually released ( without Garfunkel ) as Hearts and Bones.

Carpenter immediately followed The Fog with the science-fiction adventure Escape from New York ( 1981 ), which quickly picked up large cult and mainstream audiences as well as critical acclaim.

Widespread violence in Bangui followed the March 1981 elections, which took place following a French operation to depose Jean-Bédel Bokassa in 1979 and replace him with David Dacko.

Wasting no time, more robberies followed, this time in Germany where after less than a month of freedom he was arrested in Frankfurt on 5 June 1981 following a jewellery store stick up.

In 1981, Bhutan joined the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, followed by the World Health Organization and UNESCO in 1982.

The ensuing chaos had a major effect on both the Cavaliers ' on-court performance and lack of local support, going 28 – 54 in 1980 – 81 ( Stepien's first year as owner ), followed by an abysmal 15 – 67 mark in 1981 – 82.

Black Flag's tours in 1980 and 1981 brought them in contact with developing hardcore scenes in many parts of North America, and blazed trails that were followed by other touring bands.

Other Christmas programmes followed in 1979 and 1981.

Then followed relegation in 1981 and promotion in 1982, before the club finally managed to establish itself in the 2nd division.

After the series was canceled in 1981, three television movie sequels followed in 1982, with three more in the 1990s.