httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4wn4oUBP20
(Monday, May 4, 1981) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach appear on The Merv Griffin Show today (probably taped in late March 1981) to promote their film “Caveman.” Continue reading Today on TV: ‘The Merv Griffin Show’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T-7BnFo5ao
(Tuesday, April 28, 1981) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan made a tumultuous return to the public stage tonight, his first public appearance since a March 30 assassination attempt, saying in a speech before a joint session of Congress that his health was much improved but “our economic mess is not.”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI
(Monday, April 20, 1981) — The final new episode of Soap, an American sitcom created as a parody of daytime soap operas, aired tonight with Jessica facing a firing squad, concluding four seasons on ABC-TV.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEnaKq57Yg
(Tuesday April 14, 1981, 10:21 a.m. PST) — The first test flight of America’s first operational space shuttle, the Columbia, ended successfully today with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHg8-3wr2KU
(Monday, April 6, 1981, 9 p.m. ET) — Hawkeye is overcome by the devotion of a terminally ill G.I. (Patrick Swayze), who has leukemia, for his critically wounded buddy on tonight’s episode of the TV series M*A*S*H.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCdS7O248g
(Saturday, April 4, 1981) — Rapture by Blondie is the #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the second of two weeks.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCy2WoRKX8Y
(Friday, April 3, 1981) — This Is Elvis, a documentary film based on the life of cultural icon Elvis Presley, was released in the U.S.
