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Top TV Shows
Dallas
60 Minutes
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Jeffersons
M*A*S*H*
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Top Films
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
On Golden Pond
Porky’s
Arthur
Stripes
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Top Singles
“Physical” - Olivia Newton-John
“Bette Davis Eyes” - Kim Carnes
“Endless Love” - D. Ross & L. Ritchie
“Kiss On My List” - Hall & Oates
“Arthur’s Theme” - Christopher Cross
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Top Albums
“Hi Infidelity” – REO Speedwagon
“4” - Foreigner
“Tattoo You” – Rolling Stones
“Mistaken Identity” – Kim Carnes
“Paradise Theater” – Styx
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In The News
January 20 – Ronald Reagan, at 69, the oldest man to assume the presidency is inaugurated. Minutes later, all 52 hostages are released in Teheran.
March 21 – Lincoln wins the Indiana State Basketball Championship at Market Square
Arena. Doug Crook named MVP and Karl Donovan wins the Trester Award.
March 30 – President Reagan is shot by John Hinckley, Jr. in Washington DC.
April 12 – Space Shuttle Columbia makes its maiden voyage.
May 21 - Graduation Night at Adams Coliseum – End of an era….
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Fads & Culture
- MTV airs first broadcast on cable television. First video: “Video Killed The
Radio Star” by The Buggles.
- The hit song “Celebration” by Kool And The Gang becomes the unofficial victory
anthem for the Lincoln Basketball team’s triumphant run to the 1981 state
championship.
- Walter Cronkite retires from the CBS Evening News after 31 years at the desk.
- Twenty-one year old architect student Maya Lin wins the design competition for
the Vietnam Veterans Monument in Washington DC.
- Canada’s surreal comedy TV show “SCTV” hits American airwaves along with
those annoying “Smurfs”.
- Other popular new TV shows included: “Dynasty”, “Falcon
Crest”, and “People’s
Court”.
- The first cases of AIDS begin to surface in hospitals in
Paris, New York and San
Francisco.
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Sports Champions
Baseball ML: The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 4 games to 2.
Basketball NBA: The Boston Celtics defeat the Houston Rockets 4 games to 2.
Basketball NCAA: Indiana defeats North Carolina 63 – 50.
Basketball IHSAA: Vincennes Lincoln defeats Anderson 54 - 52
Football NFL: San Francisco ‘49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI.
Football NCAA: Clemson voted National Champion.
Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser – Winning Average Speed: 139 mph
Kentucky Derby: Pleasant Colony
Wimbledon: John McEnroe over Bjorn Borg & Chris Evert over Hana Mandlikova.
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