What happend the year Paul was born

Some Events That Happened in 1981

The U.S. hostages in Iran are released. The Prince of Wales marries Lady Diana Spencer in Britain. The first 24-hour music video channel MTV (music television) is launched in the U.S. The first Space Shuttle is launched, crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands; Britain and Argentina are at war. Film maker Steven Spielberg

directs E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Pop singer Michael Jackson records the all-time best-selling album Thriller. Richard Attenborough directs the Academy Award winning film Gandhi.

The Chevrolet Corvette was made. The model was introduced in 19 78. It had a 350 cubic inch 190 bhp, V8 front engine, rear-wheel drive. It had a four speed manual transmission, and had an optional automatic transmission model. It weighed 3179 pounds.

Roger Smith is named the General Motors chairman. John DeLorean introduces his ill-faded car. The Mazda establishes Mazda North America, Inc. The Type 944 extends the Porsche model range in the year of the firm’s 50^th anniversary. A 936 Spyder wins the 24 Hour of Lemans race. Kia falls into debt, and ceases automobile production while reorganizing its management.

Radio Shack ceases production of the TRS-80 Model I, and recalls units from the US market, due to failure to meet new FCC radio-frequency interference regulations.

Casio demonstrates the FX-9000P, with a 5 inch CRT, keyboard, keypad, removable memory modules, and 256x128 graphics.

Commodore announces the VIC-20, with full-size 61-key plus four function key keyboard, 5KB RAM expandable to 32KB, 6502A CPU, 22 character by 23 line text display, and

color graphics, for US$300. During its life, production peaks at 9,000 units per day.

Steve Wozniak's private plane crashes, leaving him with a temporary loss of short-term memory, lasting for over a month.

Xerox unveils the Star 8010, at the National Computer Conference. Many features that were developed on the Alto are incorporated. It includes a bitmapped screen, WYSIWYG word

processor, mouse, laser printer, Smalltalk language, Ethernet, and SoftWare for combining text and graphics in the same document. At a starting price of US$16-17,000, the computer is not a commercial success. During its lifetime, 100,000 units are produced.