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Pages in category "1981 in Texas" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
April 2, 1981: Opening night at Billy Bob’s Texas honky-tonk; a workman on a ladder placing letters on the sign. Early years: 1980s 1981: Jerry Lee Lewis at Billy Bob’s Texas.
1981 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.
The 1981 tax cuts, some of the largest in U.S. history, also eroded the revenue base of the federal government in the short-term. The massive increase in military spending (about $1.6 trillion over five years) far exceeded cuts in social spending, despite wrenching impact of such cuts spending geared toward some of the poorest segments of society.
The fire, believed by many in the black community to have been set by racists, was cited as a factor in the 1981 Brixton riot three months later. [ 43 ] Serial killer Joseph G. Christopher , later implicated in the deaths of 12 African-American men over the previous four months, was arrested at Fort Benning in Georgia after trying to stab a ...
1981 – Kemp-Roth Tax Cut; 1981 – MTV signs on, becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos. 1981 – A hotel walkway collapses in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 and injuring over 200; it was the deadliest structural collapse to occur in the United States until 9/11.
The predecessor to Texas Southern University, Texas State College for Negroes, a historically black college (HBCU) is the first state university in the Houston area. Its name was changed in 1951. 1948 - The Gulf Freeway, Texas' first freeway, opens as U.S. Highway 75, signalling the beginning of freeway construction in the city.