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* [[Camp Fire USA]] began leasing [[Camp Fletcher]] near [[Bessemer]].
* [[Camp Fire USA]] began leasing [[Camp Fletcher]] near [[Bessemer]].
* [[Air New Orleans]] was founded in Florida.
* [[Air New Orleans]] was founded in Florida.
===Education===
* [[William Bridgers]] became dean of the [[UAB School of Public Health]].
* [[Martha Gaskins]] was appointed to the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[James Kallam]] became president of [[Southeastern Bible College]].
* [[James Kirklin]] joined the [[UAB]] faculty.
* [[Louis LeVaughn]] retired as principal of [[Shades Cahaba Elementary School]].
===Government===
* [[Willie Arrington]] was elected to his first term on the [[Alabaster City Council]].
* [[Ralph Cook]] was appointed to the [[Jefferson County Circuit Court]].
* [[Jay Glass]] became deputy coroner of [[Jefferson County]].
* [[John Godbold]] became chief judge of the [[Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals]].
* [[Earl Hilliard]] took office in the Alabama Senate.
* Judge [[Robert Vance]] was assigned to the newly created [[11th Circuit United States Court of Appeals]].
===Religion===
* [[David Craig]] became pastor of [[Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church]].
* [[Paul Donnelly]] and then [[Patrick Murphy]] became pastor of [[Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church]].
* [[Marija Lunetti]] experienced her first vision of Mary.
* [[Bernard Williams]] became pastor of [[Mount Moriah Baptist Church]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[Willie Arrington]] was elected to his first term on the [[Alabaster City Council]].
* [[William Bridgers]] became dean of the [[UAB School of Public Health]].
* [[Ralph Cook]] was appointed to the [[Jefferson County Circuit Court]].
* [[David Craig]] became pastor of [[Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church]].
* [[Paul Donnelly]] and then [[Patrick Murphy]] became pastor of [[Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church]].
* [[Bill Elder]] became pastor of the St Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans.
* [[Bill Elder]] became pastor of the St Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans.
* [[Fannie Flagg]] published her first novel.
* [[Fannie Flagg]] published her first novel.
* [[Martha Gaskins]] was appointed to the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[Jay Glass]] became deputy coroner of [[Jefferson County]].
* [[John Godbold]] became chief judge of the [[Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals]].
* [[Earl Hilliard]] took office in the Alabama Senate.
* [[James Kallam]] became president of [[Southeastern Bible College]].
* [[James Kirklin]] joined the [[UAB]] faculty.
* [[Louis LeVaughn]] retired as principal of [[Shades Cahaba Elementary School]].
* [[Marija Lunetti]] experienced her first vision of Mary.
* [[Frank Makosky]] became the new head of the [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham]].
* [[Frank Makosky]] became the new head of the [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham]].
* [[David Nathan]] joined the [[Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service]].
* [[David Nathan]] joined the [[Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service]].
* [[Ted Tibbs]] took charge of the [[Birmingham Music Club]].
* [[Ted Tibbs]] took charge of the [[Birmingham Music Club]].
* Judge [[Robert Vance]] was assigned to the newly created [[11th Circuit United States Court of Appeals]].
* [[Mike Walker]] joined the [[Birmingham Police Department]].
* [[Mike Walker]] joined the [[Birmingham Police Department]].


Revision as of 11:26, 26 August 2014

1981 was the 110th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

EWTN
95-Rock

Business

Full Moon BBQ

Education

Government

Religion

Sports

Bear Bryant
See also: 1981 Birmingham Barons

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Awards

Deaths

See also: List of Birmingham homicides in 1981

Works

Books

Buildings

Music

Context

In 1981, 52 American hostages in Iran were freed after 14 months. Walter Cronkite retired as CBS's anchorman. Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected American president and was later shot in a failed assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. NASA launched the first Space Shuttle. Andrew Lloyd Weber's Cats debuted in London. Pope John Paul II was critically injured by an assassination attempt. Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married. Three walkways collapsed at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency hotel. IBM introduced the Personal Computer. Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice.

Notable 1981 births include Eli Manning, Elijah Wood, Justin Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Hayden Christensen, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, and Britney Spears. Notable deaths in 1981 included Bob Marley, George Walsh and Natalie Wood.

The top films were Raiders of the Lost Ark, On Golden Pond, and Superman II. Chariots of Fire was Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Top pop singles included Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes", Diana Ross & Lionel Richie's "Endless Love", Olivia Newton-John's "Physical", and John Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over".

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