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October 4 – Curtis Deloatch, football player; October 5 Jeanette Antolin, gymnast; Isaiah Ekejiuba, Nigerian-born football player; Robert Drysdale, Brazilian-born mixed martial artist; October 7 Dria, singer/songwriter; Austin Eubanks, motivational speaker (d. 2019) October 8 – Brett Dietz, football player and coach; October 9 Zachery Ty ...
The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was elected president of Iran with 16,007,972 votes out of 16,846,996 cast. Education minister Ali-Akbar Parvaresh placed second. [6]U.S. president Ronald Reagan announced his plans to resurrect the B-1 bomber program that had been scrapped by President Carter, with 100 of the planes to be built by 1987, and another plan to deploy 100 MX missiles.
President Reagan announces his designating of the upcoming October 11 as "General Pulaski Memorial Day" in honor of Casimir Pulaski. [177] October 6 – President Reagan issues a public statement on the death of President of Egypt Anwar Sadat, calling the latter "a courageous man whose vision and wisdom brought nations and people together." [178]
While the Soviets had enjoyed great achievements on the international stage before Reagan entered office in 1981, such as the unification of their socialist ally, Vietnam, in 1976, and a string of socialist revolutions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the country's strengthening ties with Third World nations in the 1960s and 1970s ...
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
Columnist believes people need to be paying more attention to politicians, communities and our children to create a responsible nation.
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.
October 7 Mr. Merlin: CBS October 9 Behind the Screen: October 10 Laverne & Shirley in the Army: ABC October 24 Fitz and Bones: NBC October 25 Today's F.B.I. ABC October 26 Battlestars: NBC October 28 Love, Sidney: October 29 Gimme a Break: Lewis & Clark: November 1 Code Red: ABC November 3 Father Murphy: NBC November 4 The Fall Guy: ABC ...