The Year - 1981
The Family News..:

Adam was born to Marie (Jennings) & Frank Zarnowski on July 31st in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)Christopher Cross
Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes
CelebrationKool & The Gang
Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel Richie
I Love a Rainy NightEddie Rabbitt
Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield
Keep on Loving YouREO Speedwagon
Kiss on My ListDaryl Hall & John Oates
Morning Train (Nine to Five)Sheena Easton
9 to 5Dolly Parton
The One That You LoveAir Supply
PhysicalOlivia Newton John
Private EyesDaryl Hall & John Oates
RaptureBlondie
Stars On 45 (Medley)Stars On 45
The Tide Is HighBlondie


AT THE MOVIES....

Best Picture - Chariots of Fire, David Puttnam
Other Nominees - Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds.

Best Actor - Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond.
Other Nominees: - Paul Newman, Dudley Moore. Burt Lancaster. Warren Beatty.

Best Actress - Katharine Hepburn, On Golden Pond.
Other Nominees - Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, Marsha Mason, Diane Keaton.

Supporting Actor - John Gielgud, Arthur.
Other Nominees - Ian Holm, James Coco, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Jack Nicholson.

Supporting Actress - Maureen Stapleton, Reds.
Other Nominees - Melinda Dillon, Jane Fonda, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth McGovern.

Best Director - Warren Beatty, Reds.
Original Screenplay - Chariots of Fire, Colin Welland
Adapted Screenplay - On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson
Best Sound - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Landaker, Gregg, Roy Charman
Visual Effects - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston
Best Song - "Arthur's Theme", Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen

In The News..:
Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th President (Jan. 20).
U.S.-Iran agreement frees 52 hostages held in Teheran since 1979 (Jan. 20); hostages welcomed back in U.S. (Jan. 25).
President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30).
Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14).
Supreme Court rules, 4-4, that former President Nixon and three top aides may be required to pay monetary damages for unconstitutional wiretap of home telephone of former national security aide (June 22).
Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on Supreme Court (July 7).
More than 110 die in collapse of aerial walkways in lobby of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City; 188 injured (July 18).
Air controllers strike, disrupting flights (Aug. 3); government dismisses strikers (Aug. 11).
AIDS is first identified.

Last updated on Saturday, May 13, 2000