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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.
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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 ...
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 1981 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 7, 1981. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected over former Mayor Sam Yorty . The election was a third rematch between Bradley and Yorty, the other two being in 1969 and 1973 . [ 1 ]
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The 1981 tax cuts, some of the largest in U.S. history, also eroded the revenue base of the federal government in the short-term. The massive increase in military spending (about $1.6 trillion over five years) far exceeded cuts in social spending, despite wrenching impact of such cuts spending geared toward some of the poorest segments of society.