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(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.
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Space shuttle lands safely in desert
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(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.
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Tonight on TV: ‘M*A*S*H’
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(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.
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‘Rapture’ by Blondie #1 in USA
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(Saturday, April 4, 1981) — Rapture by Blondie is the #1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for the second of two weeks.
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‘This Is Elvis’ opens in U.S.
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(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.
