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April 14, 1981

On April 14, 1981, sTS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight. The year's #1 song was "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes. Antonis Fotsis, Bjørn Einar Romøren, Laura Bell Bundy would arrive in the same year.

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1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On April 14, 1981

  1. 1981 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

    First Space Shuttle mission, first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia

    STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. 5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. Columbia carried a crew of two—commander John W.

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Born on April 14, 1981

Mustafa Güngör 1981– German rugby union player (born 1981)
Amy Leach 1981– British theatre director

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The class of 1981

Others born in 1981

Antonis Fotsis 1981– Greek basketball player
Bjørn Einar Romøren 1981– Norwegian ski jumper
Laura Bell Bundy 1981– American actress and singer
Liz McClarnon 1981– English singer and dancer
Michael Pitt 1981– American actor, model and musician
Alexei Semenov 1981– Russian ice hockey player

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