May 1981 Explained

The following events occurred in May 1981:

May 1, 1981 (Friday)

May 2, 1981 (Saturday)

May 3, 1981 (Sunday)

May 4, 1981 (Monday)

May 5, 1981 (Tuesday)

May 6, 1981 (Wednesday)

May 7, 1981 (Thursday)

May 8, 1981 (Friday)

May 9, 1981 (Saturday)

May 10, 1981 (Sunday)

May 11, 1981 (Monday)

May 12, 1981 (Tuesday)

May 13, 1981 (Wednesday)

May 14, 1981 (Thursday)

May 15, 1981 (Friday)

May 16, 1981 (Saturday)

May 17, 1981 (Sunday)

May 18, 1981 (Monday)

May 20, 1981 (Wednesday)

May 21, 1981 (Thursday)

May 22, 1981 (Friday)

May 23, 1981 (Saturday)

May 24, 1981 (Sunday)

May 25, 1981 (Monday)

May 26, 1981 (Tuesday)

May 27, 1981 (Wednesday)

May 28, 1981 (Thursday)

May 29, 1981 (Friday)

May 30, 1981 (Saturday)

May 31, 1981 (Sunday)

Notes and References

  1. James C. Samans, Spontaneous Tourism: The Busy Person's Guide to Travel(Spontaneous Tourism Portal, 2007)
  2. "Diet and Food Contaminants", by Manuel Posada de la Paz, in Steenland, Topics in Environmental Epidemiology (Oxford University Press US, 1997) p73
  3. Kim Long, The Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals, and Dirty Politics (Random House, 2007)
  4. Richard B. Finn, U.S.-Japan relations: Learning from Competition (Transaction Publishers, 1986)p46; "Japan To Cut Car Exports 7.7%", Pittsburgh Press, May 1, 1981, p1
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7lwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1572,565572&dq=laurence+downey&hl=en "Agents nab hijacker of Irish jetliner"
  6. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6091FF739540C748EDDAF0894D8404482 "Vatican Issues Text of Third Secret of Fatima"
  7. Sharon E. J. Gerstel, Thresholds of the Sacred: Architectural, Art Historical, Liturgical, and Theological Perspectives on Religious Screens, East and West (Dumbarton Oaks, 2006) pp165-166
  8. James B. Murray, Jr., Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution in America (Basic Books, 2002) pp24-25
  9. William E. May, Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2000) p42
  10. Don Berliner, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence (Random House, Inc., 2000) p187
  11. Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland (University of Chicago Press, 1991) p246; "Sands dies; violence erupts", Milwaukee Sentinel, May 5, 1981, p1
  12. Louis Ferrante, Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman (Penguin, 2011) p76
  13. Brent L. Smith, Terrorism in America: Pipe Bombs and Pipe Dreams (SUNY Press, 1994) p141; "Libyans told to leave US", Milwaukee Sentinel, May 7, 1981, p2
  14. "France and Trials for Crimes against Humanity", by Annette Wieviorka, in Sarat, et al., Lives in the Law (University of Michigan Press, 2006) p224-225
  15. Franklin Ng, Asian American Women and Gender (Taylor & Francis, 1999) p63; "Granite 'V' to honor Vietnam War dead", Milwaukee Sentinel, May 7, 1981, p1
  16. "AF Jet Blows Up, 21 Die", Pittsburgh Press, May 6, 1981, p1
  17. "Frank Fitzsimmons of Teamsters Dies", by Philip Shabecoff, The New York Times, May 7, 1981, p.B-14
  18. Jerry Oppenheimer, Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon(HarperCollins, 2002) p181, 189
  19. James T. Siegel, Solo in the New Order: Language and Hierarchy in an Indonesian City (Princeton University Press, 1993) p237
  20. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QPswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nuAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5303,6117315&dq=sinkhole+denning&hl=en "Slowly Growing Sinkhole Chomps Streets, Buildings"
  21. "Sinkhole victims mourn losses", Nashua (NH) Telegraph, May 13, 1981, p52
  22. "'Highway Killer(s)', Canada (1973-81)", The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes by Michael Newton (Infobase Publishing, 2009) p161-62; CrimeZZZ.net
  23. "Obituaries: Uri Zvi Greenberg, 83; Hebrew and Yiddish Poet", The New York Times, May 10, 1981, p.32
  24. Dharam Vir, Education and Polity in Nepal: An Asian Experiment (Northern Book Centre, 1988) p49
  25. "Gandhi wins confidence vote", Milwaukee Journal, May 9, 1981, p2
  26. "France", in The International Almanac of Electoral History by Thomas T. Mackie and Richard Rose (Springer, 2016) p137
  27. [Philip Thody]
  28. Michael Newton, Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes (Infobase Publishing, 2009)p61
  29. Elizabeth L. Wollman, The Theater Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig (University of Michigan Press, 2006) pp123-124
  30. "Singer Bob Marley Dies", Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1981, p.I-5
  31. "Plan to revamp Social Security unveiled", Milwaukee Journal, May 12, 1981, p1
  32. Justin Martin, Greenspan: The Man Behind Money (Da Capo Press, 2001) p146
  33. "POPE SHOT TWICE AT VATICAN", Pittsburgh Press, May 13, 1981, p1; Eric Frattini and Dick Cluster, The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage (Macmillan, 2008)
  34. "53 people die, 233 injured in train collision", Milwaukee Sentinel, May 15, 1981, p1
  35. "Bird leads Celtics to title", Montreal Gazette, May 15, 1981, p16
  36. "Soong gets party status", Anchorage (AK) Daily News, May 15, 1981, pA-9
  37. "Barker pitches 1st perfect game in 13 years", Milwaukee Journal, May 16, 1981, p10
  38. Russell Schneider, The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia (Sports Publishing LLC, 2004) p418-419
  39. "Soyuz Docks In Space", Pittsburgh Press, May 16, 1981, pA-3
  40. Encyclopaedia Of Bangladesh (Anmol Publications, 2003) p109
  41. "Sheikh Hasina to become Bangladesh PM", Sydney Morning Herald, January 4, 2009
  42. James Kinsella, Covering the Plague: AIDS and the American Media (Rutgers University Press, 1989) p28
  43. Martin Kenney, Biotechnology: The University Industrial Complex (Yale University Press, 1988) p61
  44. "Harry H. Vaughan, Major General Who Was An Aide To Truman, Dies", The New York Times, May 22, 1981, p.B-6
  45. "U.S. only vote against code on baby milk", Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard, May 21, 1981, p3
  46. Julius W. Friend, The Long Presidency: France in the Mitterrand years, 1981–1995 (Westview Press, 1998) p6
  47. "The Death Shift", by Peter Elkind, Texas Monthly (August 1983, p106
  48. https://vault.fbi.gov/Atlanta%20Child%20Murders/Atlanta%20Child%20Murders%20Part%2013%20of%2024/view FBI report of the ATKID operation, part 13, page 123
  49. Gini Graham Scott, American Murder (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007) p110
  50. "'Yorkshire Ripper' Guilty of 13 slayings", Milwaukee Journal, May 22, 1981, p3
  51. http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/partners/chicago_rippers/index.html "The Chicago Rippers"
  52. "George Jessel, Comedian And Toastmaster, Dies At 83", The New York Times, May 25, 1981, p.D-5
  53. "Ecuador's president killed in plane crash", Milwaukee Journal, May 25, 1981, p2
  54. John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004) pp255-256
  55. Brent E. Turvey, Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis (Academic Press, 2002) pp522-523
  56. "Commandos free hostages in Spain", Milwaukee Journal, May 25, 1981, p3
  57. "'Spider' jailed after climb", Deseret News (Salt Lake City), May 26, 1981, p2
  58. Sebastian Maisel and John A. Shoup, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab States Today (Volume 1) (Greenwood Publishing, 2009) pp736-737
  59. "Hostages Crush Hijacking", Pittsburgh Press, May 25, 1981, p4
  60. "Rosa Ponselle, dramatic soprano dies", by Allen Hughes, The New York Times, May 26, 1981, p.C-24
  61. "Plane crash, fire kill 14 on carrier", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 28, 1981, p1
  62. Raphael C. Wong and Harley Y. Tse, Drugs of Abuse: Body Fluid Testing (Humana Press, 2005) p3
  63. "Criminal Charges Topple Italy Regime", Pittsburgh Press, May 26, 1981, p1
  64. Robert Zimmerman, Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel (National Academies Press, 2003) p160
  65. "Tulsa millionaire slain by gunmen", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 28, 1981, p3; Charles W. Sasser, At Large: The Life and Crimes of Randolph Franklin Dial (Macmillan, 1998) pp221-223
  66. "Martorano cops to Wheeler hit in Oklahoma", Boston Herald, April 4, 2001, p1
  67. John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, The Cases That Haunt Us (Simon and Schuster, 2001) pp245-257
  68. Web site: Celebrity birthdays: Who's another year older May 28? . 28 May 2010 .
  69. "Mary Lou Williams, a Jazz Great, Dies", by John S. Wilson, The New York Times, May 30, 1981, p.21
  70. "Cardinal Wyszynski Dies in Poland— Church Leader Clashed With Ruling Reds", Buffalo (NY) News, May 28, 1981, p.1
  71. David Pitts, John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship (Da Capo Press, 2007) p.306
  72. Sidney Jones, Injustice, Persecution, Eviction: A Human Rights Update on Indonesia and East Timor (Human Rights Watch, 1990)
  73. "Bangladesh president assassinated by rebels", Milwaukee Journal, May 30, 1981, p1
  74. William B. Milam, Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia (Columbia University Press, 2009) pp. 61–62.
  75. Family flew to DFW Airport/ after ⛪️ PM. Big Move.
  76. "Douglas, James 'Buster', in David L. Porter, Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992–1995 Supplement (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995) p323; BoxRec.com