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April 12 – Joe Louis, African American heavyweight boxer (b. 1914) April 15 – John Thach, naval aviator and admiral (b. 1905) April 26 Jim Davis, television actor (b. 1909) Madge Evans, actress (b. 1909) April 27 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1916) April 28 – Cliff Battles, American footballer (Boston ...
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.
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.
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August 26: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes the first person in history to have a net worth exceeding US$200 billion, according to Forbes. September 14 : The Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in Venus ' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.
It's difficult to imagine life today without computers, but the personal computer was barely a reality just 33 years ago. On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as ...
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors brought down the U.S. prime rate – the minimum interest rate for an American bank to loan money – from what remains its highest level in history. [8] For 14 days, between December 19 and January 1, the rate had been at 21 + 1 ⁄ 2 % and it was lowered to 20 + 1 ⁄ 2 %; thirty-five years later, the ...
Adams, James Truslow, ed. Dictionary of American History (5 Vols. 1940) Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003) Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989) Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996) Purvis, Thomas L.