* 1981 – Ronald Reagan fires 11, 359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.

Between 1981 and 1991, Heinz returned 28 % annually, doubling the Standard & Poor's average annual return for those years.

But during the summer of 1981, his original mentor Don Siegel gave him a chance to return to filmmaking.

* August 9 – The military-controlled government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress.

Slovik's case was taken up in 1981 by former Macomb County Commissioner Bernard V. Calka, a Polish-American World War II veteran, who continued to petition the Army to return Slovik ’ s remains.

Dennis the Menace has been published in comic books and comic digests from the 1950s through the 1980s by a variety of publishers, including Standard / Pines ( 1953 – 58 ), Fawcett Comics ( 1958 – 80, during their only return to comics after losing the Captain Marvel lawsuit ), and Marvel Comics ( 1981 – 82 ).

Nguza fled the country in 1981 only to return in 1985, first serving as Zaire's ambassador to the U. S. and later as foreign minister.

Sánchez retained the crown by a knockout in round eight on August 21, 1981, in Las Vegas, and Gómez had to return to the Jr. Featherweight division.

Napakiak is the terminus of a unique 8. 5 mile prototype single-wire earth return electrical intertie from Bethel, Alaska, constructed in 1981.

New Mexico Governor Bruce King arranged for Sheriff of the county seat to fly to California to take possession of the marker and return it to Fort Sumner It was reinstalled in May, 1981.

He was strongly discouraged from returning to Greece, and he did not return until February 1981, when the government only allowed him to return for a few hours, to attend the funeral of his mother, Frederica of Hanover, in the family cemetery of the former Royal Palace at Tatoi.

They were well on course for an immediate return to the Football League Third Division when in February 1981 an offer came for Gradi to manage struggling Football League First Division side Crystal Palace.

Slade's success at the 1980 Reading festival was helping them fill larger venues and led them to be asked about a return in 1981.

Yugoslavia also withdrew, and didn't return until 1981.

In 1981, the 52 American hostages held in Iran made their return to American soil at Stewart.

On his return to India, he joined the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, as Member Senior Faculty ( June 1975-June 1979 ) and went on to become Director, Consulting and Applied Research Division ( July 1979-March 1981 ).

Other subsequent high profile cases to have sparked widespread media and public calls for the death penalty's return include " Yorkshire Ripper " Peter Sutcliffe, convicted in 1981 of murdering 13 women and attacking seven others in the north of England, Roy Whiting, who murdered a seven-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2000, and Ian Huntley, a Cambridgeshire school caretaker who killed two 10-year-old girls in 2002.

Also in 1981 Richard Allen said that an unidentified third country had passed on an offer of 50 Vietnam War POWs in return for $ 4 billion.

In 1981 he made a return to politics and was appointed by the then Taoiseach FitzGerald as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the short-lived Fine Gael led government.

His assumption of power in 1981 influenced the course of Greek political history, ending an almost 50-year long system of power dominated by conservative forces ; the achievements of his successive governments include the official recognition of the Greek Resistance against the Axis, the establishment of the National Health System and the Supreme Council for Personnel Selection ( ASEP ), the passage of Law 1264 / 1982 which secured the right to strike and greatly improved the rights of workers, the constitutional amendment of 1985 – 1986 which strengthened parliamentarism and reduced the powers of the unelected President, the conduct of an assertive and independent Greek foreign policy, the expansion in the power of local governments, many progressive reforms in Greek Law, and granting permission to the refugees of the Greek Civil War to return home in Greece.

Upon his return to Antigua in 1981 he went into private practice, the fourth dentist on the island.

However, injuries began to hamper Charles and in 1981, he played only 4 games with the Timbers and did not return to the team the next year.

In 1981, Hastings was charged with accepting a $ 150, 000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case.

He moved to Real Madrid following the World Cup and quit the West German squad, remaining off the side until enticed to return by Jupp Derwall in 1981.

Independence radical groups placed bombs on 11 jet fighters in 1981 in the Muñiz Base ( a U. S. military base ), and the U. S. removed all of its fighter aircraft from Puerto Rico.

On January 12, 1981, a group calling itself Volunteer Organization for the Revolution claimed responsibility for blowing up six fighter jet planes in a Puerto Rico Air National Guard base at a loss of $ 40 million.

Thus in July 1981 " VME2900 " was launched: although presented to the customer base as a merger of VME / B and VME / K, it was in reality the VME / B base with a few selected features from VME / K grafted on.

The airline was established in February 1981 and began operations August 1, 1983, using three leased Boeing 737 aircraft flying out of its base in Phoenix, Arizona, with Ed Beauvais, a well-known airline industry consultant, as its CEO.

Between 1977 and 1981, Robins was the air base used by former President Jimmy Carter during his tenure on visits to his hometown of Plains.

Near the base is the Museum of Aviation, begun in 1981, has four major structures on forty-three acres and ninety historic aircraft.

It operated from 1943 to 1981 as a smokejumper base, during which time the smokejumpers parachuted on 1445 fires for 5390 fire jumps.

Operating from a base in Toronto, as well as one maintained in California, he directed high profile actors Al Pacino in ... And Justice for All ( 1979 ), and Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn in the romantic comedy Best Friends ( 1982 ), and he produced The Dogs of War ( 1981 ) and Iceman ( 1984 ).

Remains of a massive Roman pier base for a bridge were found in 1981, close to the modern London Bridge.

The institute was founded in 1948 and was called the American Institute of Industrial Engineers until 1981, when the name was changed to reflect its international membership base.

However, the cumulative effect of stalled sovereignty negotiations, the British Nationality Act 1981 ( which would deprive many Islanders of their rights as full British citizens ), the announced withdrawal of, the shelving of plans to rebuild the Royal Marine barracks at Moody Brook, and the proposed closure of the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken on South Georgia, was to convince Argentina that Britain had no future interest in the Islands.

The 1981 tax cuts, one of the largest in U. S. history, also eroded the revenue base of the federal government in the short-term.

The FBI considered it one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the United States at the time, given that it was the same organization that claimed responsibility for an attack on a Navy bus in Puerto Rico on December 3, 1979 where two Navy men were killed and 10 people injured, as well as an attack on a U. S. National Guard base on January 12, 1981 where six fighter-jet planes were destroyed.

She was a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College-Europe ( UMUC-Europe ) in Italy, and then worked as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the American military base of Vicenza ( Italy ).

After the 1983 election Sainsbury prompted the party to give more priority to recruiting members and finding a firm financial base ; he was by far the biggest donor to the party, giving about £ 750, 000 between 1981 and 1987.

In 1981, KKR expanded its investor base significantly when the Oregon State Treasury's public pension fund invested in KKR's acquisition of retailer Fred Meyer, Inc. Oregon remains an active investor in KKR funds more than 25 years later.

In 1981 an event was undertaken by local school pupils and adults called " Hands around the Wrekin ", whereby a large group of people all held hands, surrounding the hill at the base.

Nearing the end of 1981 the band released their fourth album Denim And Leather which was dedicated to their fan base.

Along with George Mueller and others, Paine developed an ambitious plan that called for the establishment of a lunar base and a massive space station in Earth orbit before the end of the 1970s, culminating in a manned mission to Mars as early as 1981.

In 1981, CCGC moved from its location on the former Point Edward naval base to an adjacent custom-built 120 acre ( 486, 000 m² ) campus in neighbouring Westmount.

Constant touring and concert appearances had built up a strong fan base by mid 1981, when the small amount of soul music cover versions were outnumbered by the band's own tracks.

During 1981, an Umkhonto weSizwe rocket attack on the Voortrekkerhoogte ( now Thaba Tshwane ) military base was launched from Laudium.

Rosny also penned five powerful classic prehistoric novels: Vamireh ( 1892 ), Eyrimah ( 1893 ), the world-renowned classic La Guerre du Feu better known as Quest for Fire ( 1909 ) which served as a base for the 1981 movie ; Le Félin Géant Giant Cat ( 1918 ) ( sometimes known as Quest of the Dawn Man ) and Helgvor du Fleuve Bleu of the Blue River ( 1930 ).