1981

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations...

The 1981 Formula One season was the 32nd of the championship. The champion was Nelson Piquet in a close battle....

The 1981 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1981 and ended on November 30, 1981. However this season a storm formed on May 6. This season...

Arthur is a 1981 comedy movie written and directed by Steve Gordon. The movie stars Dudley Moore as Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire. Arthur...

Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian movie. It is directed by Peter Weir and stars Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. It is about several young men from rural Western...

The 1981–82 NHL season was the 65th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The William M. Jennings Trophy made its...

Eyewitness (released in the UK as The Janitor) is a 1981 American mystery thriller movie directed by Peter Yates and starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver...

The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1981 American erotic thriller movie directed by Bob Rafelson and is the fourth adaption of the 1934 novel of the same...

Threshold is a 1981 Canadian science fiction drama movie directed by Richard Pearce and starring Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Sharon Acker, Mare Winningham...

Nighthawks is a 1981 action thriller movie directed by Bruce Malmuth and stars Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner, Nigel Davenport...

The Brixton riot of 11 April 1981 was the biggest of three riots in Brixton, London, and the biggest riot in London. Brixton in south London was a very...

Shivers (Polish pronunciation: [ˈdrɛʂt͡ʂɛ], Dreszcze) is a 1981 Polish drama movie directed by Wojciech Marczewski and starring Tomasz Hudziec, Teresa...

Mephisto is a 1981 Hungarian German Austrian drama movie directed by István Szabó and was based on the novel of the same name by Klaus Mann. It stars Klaus...

Petir/Gundala, Son of the Lightning, Black Lightning in Philippines, is a 1981 Indonesian science fiction action fantasy superhero movie directed by Liliek...

The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a hunger protest in Northern Ireland by Irish republican prisoners during the Troubles. During the protest, seven prisoners...

The Fan is a 1981 American slasher fan directed by Edward Bianchi and based on the novel of the same name by Bob Randall. It stars Lauren Bacall, James...

1981 AFC Women's Championship was held in Hong Kong from 7 to 17 June. RSSSF...

Recovery Tax Act of 1981, also known as the ERTA or "Kemp-Roth Tax Cut", was a federal law signed into law in the United States in 1981. It was an act "to...

The Chosen is a 1981 American drama movie directed by Jeremy Kagan and was based on the novel of the same name by Chaim Potok. It stars Rod Steiger, Maximilian...

The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3-18 October 1981. The tournament...