What Happened in Oct 1981

Rush release Exit...Stage Left

Exit...Stage Left is a live album by Canadian band Rush, released in 1981. A video release with the same name, with slightly different content, was... Read more

Stephen King publishes Cujo

Cujo (1981) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was made into a film of the same... Read more

The Police release Ghost in the Machine

Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, released in 1981. Much of the material in this album was inspired by Arthur Koestler's The... Read more

FDA Approves Paddock's Midamor

Preventing development of low blood potassium or helping to restore normal blood potassium in patients with high blood pressure or heart failure.... Read more

Muhammad Anwar El Sadat, third President of Egypt, is Assassinated

Islamic extremists assassinate Anwar Sadat, the president of Egypt, as he reviews troops on the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. Led by Khaled el... Read more

"My Dinner With Andre" Is Released

My Dinner with Andre is a 1981 film starring Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, written by Gregory and Shawn, and directed by Louis Malle. The... Read more

U2 releases second studio album, "October"

I remember the pressure it was made under, I remember writing lyrics on the microphone, and at £50 an hour that's quite a pressure. Lillywhite was... Read more

FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Xanax

Xanax is a tranquilizer used in the short-term relief of symptoms of anxiety or the treatment of anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder is marked by... Read more

1981 World Series

The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years. The... Read more

Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield form Metallica

Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California, in early 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper—The... Read more