1981

Top Songs

1. Air Supply – “The One that You Love” 
2. Blondie – “The Tide is High”
3. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – “Endless Love”
4. Eddie Rabbit – “I Love a Rainy Night”
5. Foreigner – “Waiting for a Girl Like You”
6. Hall & Oates – “Kiss on my List”
7. Hall & Oates – “Private Eyes”
8. Joey Scarbury – “Believe It or Not”
9. John Lennon – “Woman” 
10. Kim Carnes – “Bette Davis Eyes”
11. Kool & the Gang – “Celebration”
12. REO Speedwagon – “Keep on Loving You”
13. Rick Springfield – “Jessie’s Girl”
14. Sheena Easton – “Morning Train (Nine to Five)” 

#7: Births

1. Natalie Portman – movie actress, in Star Wars prequel trilogy
2. Tom Hiddleston – movie actor, plays Loki in “Thor” movies
3. Pitbull – rapper, “Timber” and “I Know You Want Me”
4. Britney Spears – pop singer, “Baby One More Time“
5. Jesse Williams – TV actor, in “Grey’s Anatomy”
6. Beyonce Knowles – pop singer, “Crazy in Love”
7. Chris Evans – actor, plays “Captain America”
8. Alexis Bledel – TV actress, in “Gilmore Girls”
9. Stephen Amell – TV actor, in “Arrow”
10. Serena Williams – tennis player

#8: In the News

• Attempted assassination of American President Ronald Reagan 
• Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
• IBM launches first PC

#9: New Words

• boom box
• camcorder
• fist pump

#10: Top Movies

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Fox & The Hound
4. Chariots of Fire
5. Superman II
6. Arthur

#11: Top TV Shows

1. Happy Days
2. Laverne & Shirley
3. Little House on the Prairie
4. Magnum, PI
5. The Facts of Life
6. The Love Boat
7. Three’s Company