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

* 1981 – James Hibberd, British cricketer

* James Perkin, 1981 – 1993

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

* 1981 – James Shields, American baseball player

The word " forest " comes from Middle English forest, from Old French forest ( also forès ) " forest, vast expanse covered by trees "; first introduced in English as the word for wild land set aside for hunting without the necessity in definition for the existence of trees ( James 1981 ; Muir 2000, 2008 ).

* 1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer

* 1981 – Jason James, Welsh bassist ( Bullet for My Valentine )

* 1981 – James Yun, American wrestler and actor

It must be presented by means of non-traditional characteristics, you see … one might say that the origin of this music is also found in the interest in ‘ plastifying ’ music, of rendering it plastic like sculpture … musique concrète, in my opinion … led to a manner of composing, indeed, a new mental framework of composing " ( James 1981, 79 ).

* James, Richard S. ( 1981 ).

* 1981 – James " Jumbo " Elliott, American track coach ( b. 1915 )

On December 17, 1981, four members of the Red Brigades, posing as plumbers, invaded the Verona apartment of US Army Brigadier General James L. Dozier, then NATO Deputy Chief of Staff at Southern European land forces.

Normalair provided the Deep-Dive 500 rebreather sets used by fictional secret agent James Bond 007 in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only.

" Author and university alumnus Clive James quipped in his 1981 autobiography that the motto loosely translates as " Sydney University is really Oxford or Cambridge laterally displaced approximately 12, 000 miles ".

* William Jardine and other Jardine tai-pans are fictionally portrayed in author James Clavell's popular fiction novels Tai-Pan ( 1966 ), Gai-Jin ( 1993 ), Noble House ( 1981 ) and Whirlwind ( 1987 ).

* October 15 – James H. Schmitz, German-born American science fiction writer ( d. 1981 )

* James Bond film series, from You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ) to Die Another Day ( 2002 ), with the exception of On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ) and For Your Eyes Only ( 1981 ).

* 1981: The Morning of the Poem by James Schuyler

Gosling Emacs ( often shortened to " Gosmacs " or " gmacs ") was an Emacs implementation written in 1981 by James Gosling in C. Its extension language, Mocklisp, has a syntax that appears similar to Lisp, but Mocklisp does not have lists or any other structured datatypes.

James Squires served as the paper's editor from July 1981 until December 1989.

She continued acting for television, appearing in Family Reunion ( 1981 ) opposite her grandson J. Ashley Hyman, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino ( 1982 ) and Right of Way ( 1983 ) with James Stewart.

* James Singleton ( basketball ) ( born 1981 ), American professional basketball player

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Christian Right was influencing elections and policy with groups such as the Family Research Council ( founded 1981 by James Dobson ) and the Christian Coalition ( formed in 1989 by Pat Robertson ) helping conservative politicians, especially Republicans to win state and national elections.

In 1981 a bright yellow 2CV was driven by James Bond in the film For Your Eyes Only, including an elaborate set piece car chase through a Spanish olive farm, in which Bond uses the unique abilities of the modestly powered 2CV to escape his pursuers in Peugeot 504 sedans.

* Lord Peter Wimsey Cookbook ( 1981 ) by Elizabeth Bond Ryan and William J. Eakins ISBN 0-89919-032-4

The last episode, in 1981, featured then-James Bond actor Roger Moore.

He also appeared in other films such as the Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) and the 1981 PBS production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and he had a small role in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 ) which was itself based on a children's book by Bond author Ian Fleming.

* 1981 007 — in association with the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only

The 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only caused a surge in sales of the car in Chile where it was specially imported from Spain to meet demand ( mostly in yellow ), since it had already been phased out on the Chilean assembly line.

Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and You Only Live Twice ; and six James Bond films from Eon Productions: From Russia with Love ( 1963 ), Thunderball ( 1965 ), You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ), On Her Majesty's Secret Service ( 1969 ), Diamonds Are Forever ( 1971 ) and For Your Eyes Only ( 1981 ) ( the pre-title sequence of which marks his final appearance and apparent death ).

* November: Raymond Benson releases his final James Bond novel, a novelization of the film Die Another Day, bringing to a close an uninterrupted series of novels based upon Ian Fleming's character that started in 1981.

Initially intended as a relaunch of the Bond book series following the death in 1964 of the character's creator, Ian Fleming, Colonel Sun instead ends up being the final book of the series ( discounting a " biography " of Bond and a pair of film script adaptations ) until John Gardner revives the literary James Bond in 1981.

Starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles, the first 20 episodes and the 2007 special were written by Peter Spence, the creator, while the 1981 finale was written by Christopher Bond, the script associate.

Responsibility for oversight of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the United States Mint, and the United States Savings Bonds Division ( now the Savings Bond Marketing Office within the Bureau of the Public Debt ) was assigned to the Treasurer in 1981.

* James Bond Stockdale Speaks on the " Melting Experience: Grow or Die ", Hoover Institution, Stanford, 1981 speech to the graduating class of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Before his career in the U. S. Senate, Bond served two terms as Governor of Missouri, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985.

The 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only filmed its opening sequence, when Bond visits his wife's grave, in the graveyard outside St Giles Church.

" Modern Girl " was released as the follow-up and peaked at # 18, and before 1981 was over Sheena had a Top 10 hit in both the US and UK with the Academy Award-nominated James Bond movie theme ” For Your Eyes Only ”.

A Citroën 2CV which James Bond drove in the film For Your Eyes Only was issued in 1981.

Elements from the stories have been used in a number of the Eon Productions James Bond film series, including the 1981 film, For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore as James Bond.

The copyrights and trademarks for the film properties ( beginning with Dr. No ) are held by Danjaq and United Artists Corporation ; the latter was bought by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1981, but as an MGM subsidiary its name still appears in Bond copyright and trademark disclaimers to this day.