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1981
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POLITICS
and HISTORY
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Pope
John Paul II is shot twice in St Peter's Square
(recovers fully)
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The
Iranian President,
Prime Minister and 29 others were killed in a bomb attack
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Peter
Sutcliffe is arrested in Sheffield, UK and charged with the 13 'Yorkshire
Ripper' murders.
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The
Springbok (South
African) Rugby tour of New Zealand. Over 1000 people were arrested during
the two months of the tour.
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Prince
Charles and Lady Diana Spencer are married
at St Pauls Cathedral.
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Attempted
assassination of Ronald Reagan
by John Hinckley
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Civil
War rages in Lebanon
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Egyptian
President, Anwar Sadat
is assassinated
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Muhammad
Ali retires from boxing
MUSIC
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Don't
You Want Me by Human League
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Gloria
by U2
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Pretty
in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs
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Golden
Brown by the Stranglers
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Tainted
Love by Soft Cell
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Just
Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode
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Never
Say Never by Romeo Void
TV
and at the MOVIES
- Those
def babysitting College Girls at The Facts
of Life
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Family
Ties (Alex Keaton was my hero)
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Brideshead
Revisitted (Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews...British
heaven)
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An
American Werewolf in London scared the pants
of everyone
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Arthur
was just soooooo funny
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Gallipoli
made sure that we should never forget
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An
Officer and a Gentleman took us up where we
belong
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Raiders
of the Lost Ark introduced us to Indiana Jones
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Chariots
of Fire was an Olympic effort
People
who died in 1981
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Bill
Haley (b.1925) American bandleader
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Joe
Louis (b.1914) American boxer
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Bob
Marley (b.1945) Jamaican reggae musician
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William
Holden (b.1918) American actor
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Natalie
Wood (b.1938) American actress
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Hoagy
Carmichael (b.1899) American songwriter
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