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After losing the first set, 4–6, to Björn Borg, John McEnroe won the men's singles championship at Wimbledon with three straight sets (7-6, 7–6 and 6-4), but not without outraging his hosts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club by his outbursts against the officials.
The wedding of Prince Charles (later King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981, [1] at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. The groom was the heir apparent to the British throne, and the bride was a member of the Spencer family. The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service.
The two teams have played a total of 142 Test matches with England winning 81 of them, Ireland 53, and 8 resulting in a draw. [1] However, since rugby union went professional in 1995, the head-to-head is a lot closer. The teams have met 34 times since then with England winning 19 test matches to Ireland's 15.
Dubbed 'the wedding of the century,'Diana married Prince Charles in St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981.She was 20; he was 32. Diana was the first British citizen to marry an heir to the British ...
28 July – Margaret Thatcher blames IRA leaders for the recent IRA hunger striker deaths. 29 July – The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30 million viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain. [40]
The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship, the Home Internationals and the British Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's ...
1981 Five Nations Championship; Date: 17 January - 21 March 1981: Countries England Ireland France Scotland Wales: Tournament statistics; Champions France (7th title) Grand Slam France (3rd title) Matches played: 10: Tries scored: 25 (2.5 per match) Top point scorer(s) Dusty Hare (30) Top try scorer(s) France Laurent Pardo (2) Steve Munro (2)
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status Wales: 19: 21: 17/01/1981: Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff: Five Nations: Scotland: 23: 17: 21/02/1981: Twickenham, London: Five Nations: Ireland: 10