1981-8-18

Dark Continent

Wall of Voodoo

昭和56年

8/5 水

男鹿脇本事件。

8/6 木

香川県仁尾町で太陽熱発電プラントが稼働を開始する。

8/11 火

気象静止衛星「ひまわり2号」が打ち上げられる。

8/12 水

IBMがマイクロソフトのDOS（ディスク・オペレーティング・システム）搭載の「IBM PC」を発表。

8/13 木

ロサンゼルス市内のホテルの客室で、三浦和義の妻一美が元女優に頭部を殴打されて負傷する。ロス疑惑の発端となる事件。

8/18 火

コクヨ、CI導入。

8/22 土

向田邦子ら日本人18人を含む110人が乗った台湾のボーイング７３７型旅客機が墜落し、全員死亡する。向田邦子51歳（誕生:昭和4(1929)/11/28）。女流作家。

8/22 土

台湾で遠東航空機墜落事故発生。作家向田邦子が死亡。

8/23 日

14世・杵屋六左衛門、没。80歳（誕生:明治33(1900)/10/06）。長唄。

8/25 火

閣議が行財政改革大綱を決定する。

1981

8/15 Sat

Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford

8/15 Sat

Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m

8/16 Sun

Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13p~ Fiji-0)

8/16 Sun

Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

8/16 Sun

Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)

8/18 Tue

My Fair Lady opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances

8/18 Tue

Football running backp~ Herschel Walkerp~ of U of Georgiap~ takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million

8/19 Wed

2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22

8/23 Sun

Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf

8/24 Mon

American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel

1980

12/

Duran Duran signs with EMI after finalizing its lineup and touring as a support act for Hazel O'Connor.

12/4 Thu

Led Zeppelin disbands following the death of drummer John Bonham.

12/7 Sun

"Darby Crash, leader of seminal L.A. punk band The Germs dies of a heroin overdose in a suicide pact."

12/8 Mon

"Mark David Chapman buys a copy of The Catcher in the Rye and spends most of the day outside John Lennon's apartment building in New York City. Having obtained Lennon's autograph at about 5pm, he approaches the star again on his return at 10:50pm and shoo

12/14 Sun

"Over 100,000 mourners attend a public vigil for John Lennon in Central Park. 10 minutes of silence are observed at 2pm."

12/31 Wed

"The ninth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by The Charlie Daniels Band, Billy Preston, Syreeta, Chuck Berry and Barry Manilow."

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