At A Glance

16 October 1981 at a glance

Day of the week
16 October 1981 was a Friday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “It's My Party” by Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin.
Top Film of 1981
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1981 was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Star sign
The star sign for 16 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 16 October 1981 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 16 October 1981 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 16 October

  • 1973 Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • 1975 Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
  • 1975 The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
  • 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, he becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
  • 1984 Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Famous people born on 16 October

  • Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1958)
  • Naomi Osaka, Japanese tennis player (born 1997)
  • Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (1925–2022)
  • Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (1854–1900)

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Events of 1981 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1981 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 30 March – Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire released.
  • 4 April – Bucks Fizz representing the United Kingdom win the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Making Your Mind Up.
  • 10 April – Bobby Sands, an IRA member on hunger strike in the Maze prison, Northern Ireland, is elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in a by election.
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Life in 1981

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

50p

Loaf of Bread

37p

Average House

£24,188

Weekly Wage

£135.00

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