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The Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto confers betsuin status to their temple in Los Angeles, which is renamed as the Hompa Honwanji Los Angeles Betsuin. [30] 1932 – 1932 Summer Olympics held. 1933 March 10: 1933 Long Beach earthquake. June 6: Frank L. Shaw becomes mayor. October 12: Los Angeles Garment Workers Strike of 1933 begins.
March 31 – The 53rd Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Redford's directorial debut, Ordinary People, wins four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. David Lynch's The Elephant Man and Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull tie in receiving eight nominations each.
The Wonderland murders, also known as the Four on the Floor Murders [1] or the Laurel Canyon Murders, are four unsolved murders that occurred in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981. [2] It is assumed that five people were targeted to be killed in the known drug house of the Wonderland Gang , three of whom—Ron Launius, William "Billy" Deverell, and ...
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At 8:51 a.m. on the day of its bicentennial, Los Angeles got what was nicknamed "the birthday quake", a tremor of 5.8 magnitude, the strongest since the 1971 quake that had killed 65 people. [11] Sobhuza II celebrated his 60th anniversary as King of Swaziland, in a ceremony attended by Egypt's President Sadat and Britain's Princess Margaret ...
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.
The following events occurred in August 1981: August 1, 1981 (Saturday) MTV ... Meghan, Duchess of Sussex; in Los Angeles; Died: Melvyn Douglas, 80, ...