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The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) went on strike at 7:00 am Eastern Time. The union's demand was for each employee to have a $10,000 annual wage increase, a 32-hour workweek (a four-day week and an eight-hour day combined) and increased benefits.
1981 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 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
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August 5 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. August 7 – The Washington Star ceases publication after 128 years. August 9 – Major League Baseball resumes from the strike with the All-Star Game in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.
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List of 1981 box office number-one films in the United States. ... August 2, 1981: The Empire Strikes Back (reissue) $7,001,282 [40] 32: August 9, 1981: Raiders of ...
August 3 "Shiroi Parasol " Seiko Matsuda August 10 August 17 August 24 "High School Lullaby " Imo-kin Trio August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 "Gingiragin ni Sarigenaku " Masahiko KondÅ October 19 October 26 "Kaze Tachinu " Seiko Matsuda November 2 "Gingiragin ni Sarigenaku"
Rogers was one of only two artists to have more than one AC number one in 1981, and his eight weeks atop the chart was the most by any artist. The only other act with multiple number ones during the year was Neil Diamond, who had the final number one of 1981 with "Yesterday's Songs", which held the top spot for the last two weeks of the year.