Timeline July 1981

Events in July 1981 6

• 1942 – 1981 Harry Chapin (1942-1981) Died 16 July 1981, aged 38 American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, best known for the 1974 hit "Cat's in the Cradle," died in a car accident on the Long Island Expressway on 16 July 1981. He was also widely known for his activism against world hunger. Congress posthumously awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.
• 1981 Miles Davis returns with The Man with the Horn Comeback Back on stage and in the studio.
• 1981 Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks release Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Duet A top-three duet with Fleetwood Mac's singer.
• 1981 Wimbledon 1981 Men: John McEnroe · Women: Chris Evert Lloyd McEnroe ended Borg's five-year reign. Borg retired from tennis shortly after, aged 25.
• 1981 – present Fernando Alonso El Nano Two-time World Champion who ended the Schumacher era; known for his immense longevity and race craft.
• 1981 Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer Royal wedding watched by a global television audience Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981. An estimated global television audience of over 750 million watched the ceremony. The couple became the Prince and Princess of Wales.