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1981
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January
It is the
final year of service for the Deltics...
01 - Pink Floyd's "Dark
Side Of The Moon" is still in the US top 60 - after
six years in the charts.
04 - A man is held in connection with "Yorkshire
Ripper" charges.
05 - Peter Sutcliffe, a lorry driver from Bradford, is
charged with 'Ripper' murders.
06 - Mark Chapman pleads insanity over death of John
Lennon.
16 - Inflation is down to 15.1% !!
20 - Ronald Reagan becomes US 40th president.
25 - 'Gang of Four' break from Labour party (Jenkins,
Owen, Williams & Rodgers).
February
08 - 55005 and 55006 are withdrawn
from service.
09 - Musician Bill Haley dies.
10 - Coal Board announces the closure of 50 pits -
employing 30,000.
12 - Rupert Murdoch takes over Times and Sunday Times
newspapers.
17 - South Wales miners begin unofficial strike.
18 - Thatcher does U-turn and pledges aid to the coal
mines.
24 - Charles and Di announce they are to be married.
26 - Thatcher meets Reagan for the first time.
March
09 - Scrapping of 55003 begins (locomotive
cut up by the end of the month).
23 - Motor Cycle champion Mike Haliwood and 9yr old
daughter die in car accident.
26 - 'Gang of Four' formally announce the new Social
Democratic Party.
27 - Lech Walesa and 'Solidarity' call for national
strike in Poland.
29- The first London marathon is won by American Dick
Beardsley.
30 - Reagan is shot in the chest in Washington by John
Hinckley.
April
04 - Youths riot in
Brixton.
.. .....Bob Champion beats cancer and wins Grand National on "Aldaniti".
11 - The first space shuttle "Columbia" is
launched
13 - Thatcher condemns Brixton rioters and more trouble
breaks out.
14 - "Columbia" lands after maiden flight - she
is first reusable spacecraft.
20 - Steve Davis wins his first world title at snooker.
May
05 - Hunger Striker Bobby
Sands dies.
.......Parcel bomb is found addressed
to Prince Charles.
08 - Ken Livingstone becomes leader of GLC.
09 - 100th FA Cup: Manchester City 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
11 - Musician Bob Marley dies of cancer (36).
12 - Riots in Belfast following Hunger Strike deaths.
13 - The Pope is shot and wounded in St. Peters Square by
Mehmet Ali Agca.
14 - FA Cup replay: Manchester City 2, Tottenham Hotspur
3.
22 - "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe is
jailed for life at the Old Bailey.
27 - EUFA Cup: Liverpool 1, Real Madrid 0.
31 - 55012 is
withdrawn from service.
June
03 - Shergar wins Derby.
11 - Nat West tower opens - Europe's tallest building.
16 - Liberals and SDP form an alliance.
20 - Youths riot in Peckham.
21 - 1 dead and 16 injured at Goodge Street tube station
fire.
22 - Mark Chapman pleads guilty to the murder of John
Lennon in New York.
30 - Blank shots are fired at the Queen in the Mall by
Marcus Sargeant.
July
04 - McEnroe beats Borg at
Wimbledon in men's final.
05 - Riots begin in the Toxteth district Liverpool.
08 - The scrapping
of 55006 begins (locomotive is cut up by the end of the
month).
10 - Riots are rife in Birmingham, Preston, Wolverhampton,
Hull and Ellesmere Port.
15 - Violence erupts in Brixton once more.
20 - Michael Heseltine begins probe into Liverpool's
inner city problems.
29 - Marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at
St. Pauls Cathedral.
August
07 - 1 million workers
strike in Poland
17 - Cricket: England retain the Ashes against Australia.
19 - Seb Coe breaks record by running mile in 48.53.
24 - Mark Chapman is jailed for life for killing John
Lennon.
September
The TGV is opened in
France. Paris - Lyons is 2hrs 40mins (half the original
journey time).
01 - UK garages begin to
sell fuel by the litre.
14 - Marcus Sargeant is jailed for 5 years for firing
blanks at the Queen.
30 - 55012 is
completely cut up at Doncaster by the end of the month.
October
03 - Hunger strikes end in
Belfast (10 dead).
06 - Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo.
12 - British Leyland announces the closure of 3 plants
employing 2,850.
18 - 55018 is
withdrawn from service.
November
01 - 55004 is withdrawn from Service.
........British Leyland's 58,000 workers strike over pay.
08 - 55011 is
withdrawn from service.
12 - Space shuttle "Columbia" is launched for a
second time.
.......British Leyland and Honda
announce joint saloon car venture.
14 - "Columbia" is forced to cut short its
flight due to fuel cell failure.
18 - England qualify for the 1982 World Cup finals;
England 1, Hungary 0.
22 - 55014 is
withdrawn from service.
23 - Pink Floyd release the compilation album "A
Collection Of Great Dance Songs".
29 - Actress Natalie Wood is found dead.
December
British Rail unveils the
APT...
01 - Yugoslav DC-9 crashes
in France - 178 dead.
02 - UK TV licenses rise. Colour from £12 to £46, B&W
from £3 to £15.
08 - Arthur Scargill is elected president of National
Union of Mine-workers.
09 - Michael Heseltine announces £95 million for UK
inner cities.
16 - Cornish lifeboat is sunk of Penlee - 8 dead.
20 - 55013 is
withdrawn from service.
24 - 55010 is
withdrawn from service.
27 - Pianist Hoagy Carmichael dies.
30 - 55016 is
withdrawn from service.
31 - The Deltics
bow out of normal BR service. 55007/8/17/19/21 are
withdrawn.
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