At A Glance

23 July 1981 at a glance

Day of the week
23 July 1981 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Ghost Town” by The Specials.
Top Film of 1981
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1981 was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Star sign
The star sign for 23 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 23 July 1981 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 23 July 1981 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 23 July

  • 1972 The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
  • 1974 The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
  • 1980 Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
  • 1983 Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
  • 1988 General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.

Famous people born on 23 July

  • Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist (born 1961)
  • Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (born 1989)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (1967–2014)
  • Kathryn Hahn, American actress (born 1973)

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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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