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| Blizzard of Oz Aldridge Aldridge, Tommy |  |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Oz Sarzo, Rudy | |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Oz Travers, Pat | |
| Appointed Member of the Blizzard of Oz |
| Blizzard of Ozz Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Blizzard of Ozz tours after the release of "Diary of a Madman.", during a performance, a bat is thrown onto the stage by a fan and Osbourne bites its head off while supposedly thinking it's fake |
| Ozzy releases Diary Of A Madman with the hits "Flying High Again," "Over the Mountain," and "You Can't Kill Rock & Roll |
| Cabinet Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 5th Jan Pym becomes leader of the Commons, Nott Defense Secretary & Britain Chief Sec |
| 14th Sep Lawson, Tebbit & Parkinson join the Cabinet & Prior becomes the Northern Ireland Sec |
| Chief Secretary Brittan, Leon | |
| London Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| Composition of Duran Duran Bon, Simon John Charles Le | |
| Duran Duran's 1st album, "Duran Duran", is released |
| Composition of Dury Dury, Ian | |
| The song "Spasticus Autisticus," intended to mark the International Year of the Disabled, is banned by the BBC |
| Composition of Easton Easton, Sheena | |
| Records "Morning Train", reaches no 1 in the UK |
| Composition of Harrison Harrison, George | |
| 5th June Releases Album, "Somewhere in England" |
| Composition of Human League Oakey, Philip | |
| Sheffield The Human League release the Album, "Dare" |
| Composition of Lennon Lennon, John Winston | |
| 24th Feb John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'Double Fantasy' wins Album of the Year for 1981 at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards |
| Composition of Osbourne Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| The Blizzard of Oz release the Album, "Diary of a Madman" |
| Composition of Townshend Townshend, Pete | |
| The Who release "Face Dances" |
| Conference of Commonwealth Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 30th Sep Melbourne Arrives in Melbourne for the Commonwealth Conference |
| Death of Sands, Bobby Sands, Bobby | |
| 5th May Belfast Death of Bobby Sands , on 66th day of hunger strike |
| Demonstrations Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Brixton Visits Brixton Police Station |
| 10th April Brixton Lord Scarman is later appointed to review the causes of the riots |
| 10th April Brixton !st day of a weekend of riots in Brixton |
| 8th July Manchester Moss Side in Manchester experiences its first of 2 days disorder |
| 13th July Liverpool Visits Liverpool & drives through the scene of the riots in Toxteth |
| Demonstrations Whitelaw | |
| 12th April London Visits Brixton & expresses "extreme distress & horror" |
| Demonstrations Whitelaw, William | |
| 12th April London Visits Brixton & expresses "extreme distress & horror" |
| Deputy Leader Labour Party Healey, Denis | |
| 27th Sep Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party |
| Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 5th Nov London Congratulates Reagan on his election victory & invites him to Britain for discussions |
| 6th Nov London Agrees with Garret FiitzGerald to establish an Anglo-Irish inter-Governmental Council |
| Election Healey, Denis | |
| Narrowly defeates Tony Benn for the Deputy Leadership |
| 27th Sep Defeats Tony Benn, wins 51% of the vote for Deputy Leadership |
| FA Cup Hoddle, Glenn | |
| Stars as Spurs win the FA Cup for the sixth time, defeating Manchester City in a memorable replay |
| Film of Pink Floyd Gilmour, Dave | |
| May Pink Floyd play Earls Court, the performance is filmed for inclusion in the film of "The Wall" |
| Film of Pink Floyd Waters, Roger | |
| May Pink Floyd play Earls Court, the performance is filmed for inclusion in the film of "The Wall" |
| Grammy Lennon, John Winston | |
| 24th Feb John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'Double Fantasy' wins Album of the Year for 1981 at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards |
| Humber Bridge Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 17th July Humber Humbar Estuary Bridge, world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens |
| Leader House of Commons Pym, John | |
| 5th Jan London Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| League Champions Saunders, Ron | |
| Birmingham Villa are back amongst the elite and they have much success under Saunders , winning the league in the 1980-81 season |
| Magazine Devoto, Howard | |
| Devoto leaves the band, more or less ending the band since it was so closely identified with him |
| Simon's replacement, Ben Mandelson, is on hand for Magazine's final original album, Magic, Murder and the Weather |
| Magazine Mandelson, Ben | |
| Simon's replacement, Ben Mandelson, is on hand for Magazine's final original album, Magic, Murder and the Weather |
| Marriage of Diana Dianna | |
| 1st July Dianna's engagement to Charles becomes official |
| 29th July London Dianna & Charles mrry at St Paul's Cathedral, watched by a global audience of almost one billion |
| Minister of DTI Lamont, Norman | |
| Appointed Minister of State for the Dept of Trade & Indus try |
| Minister of Employment Tebbit, Norman | |
| Appointed Minister of Employment |
| National Union of Miners Scargill, Arthur | |
| Yorkshire Appointed President of the NUM |
| Party Leader Jenkins, Roy | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Party |
| Pink Floyd Mason, Nick | |
| May Nick Mason releases his solo album, "Fictitious Sports " with help from Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt |
| President Scargill, Arthur | |
| Yorkshire Appointed President of the NUM |
| Prime Minister Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 5th Jan London St John Stevas & Maude leave the Government |
| Privatization BNOC Lawson, Nigel | |
| 19th Oct London Announces proposals in the House of Commons to privatize BNOC |
| 17th Dec London The Bill to privatize British Gas & BNOC is published |
| Privatization British Gas Lawson, Nigel | |
| 19th Oct London Announces proposals in the House of Commons to privatize British Gas |
| 10th Nov London Unerwriting for the privatization of BNOC & British Gas is completed |
| 17th Dec London The Bill to privatize British Gas & BNOC is published |
| Privatization C&W Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Cable & Wireless is sold for œ224 million |
| Privy Council Lawson, Nigel | |
| Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| Publication of Wilson Wilson, James Harold | |
| Publication of, "The Chariot of Israel" |
| Reform of Electricity Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Passes the Energy Act which introduces competition into the electricity industry |
| Reform of Labour Party Benn, Anthony Wedgewood | |
| Secures 40% Union votes & 30% for the Party & Constituencies for leadership elections |
| Resignation of Cabinet Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 14th Sep London Gilmour, Carlisle & Soames leave the Government |
| Resignation of Gormley Gormley, Joe | |
| April Joe Gormley resigned as President of the NUM to be replaced by leftwinger Arthur Scargill |
| Rocket 88 Korner, Alexis | |
| Joins a "supergroup", Rocket 88, a project led by Ian Stewart based around boogie-woogie keyboard players, which featured a rhythm section comprising Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts |
| SDP Foot, Michael | |
| London 28 MPs defect to the Social Democratic Party |
| SDP Jenkins, Roy | |
| 25th Jan One of the "Gang of Four", former Labour Ministers who found the SDP |
| SDP Owen, David | |
| 25th Jan London One of the "Gang of Four", former Labour Ministers who found the SDP |
| SDP Rodgers, Bill | |
| 23rd Jan London One of the "Gang of Four", former Labour Ministers who found the SDP |
| SDP Williams, Shirley | |
| 25th Jan London One of the "Gang of Four", former Labour Ministers who found the SDP |
| Secretary Energy Lawson, Nigel | |
| 15th Sep London Appointed Secretary of State for Energy |
| Secretary Trade & Industry Biffen, John | |
| London Appointed Trade Secretary |
| Strike Miners Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 18th Feb Thatcher's Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power 2 years ago |
| 21st Feb Miners vote in favour of a 9.3 per cent pay rise |
| Strike Sands Sands, Bobby | |
| 20th April Belfast Clashes worsen as Sands ' hunger strike reaches its 52st day |
| Sullom Voe Elizabeth II | |
| Sullom Voe Opens Sullom Voe, the largest oil terminal of its kind in Europe costing œ1200M |
| UEFA Cup Robson, "Bobby" Robert William | |
| Ipswich win the UEFA Cup in 1981 with a 5-4 aggregate victory over Dutch side AZ 67 Alkmaar |
| World Record Coe, Sebastian Newbold | |
| Breaks the 1000m World record |
| Breaks the 800m World record |
