Zurück ins Jahr 1981

Space Shuttle Columbia at first take-off (Picture: NASA) Our Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung was born. The song Making Your Mind Up by the British group Bucks Fizz wins the Eurovision Song Contest. (Picture: Tuzapicabit, CC BY-SA 4.0) The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research. (Picture: Dave L. Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0) Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer got married. (Picture: Joe Haupt, CC BY-SA 2.0)
The solar-powered electric aircraft Solar Challenger, designed by MacCready, flew 163 miles. (Picture: NASA) Europe's largest hackers association, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), was founded. (Picture: Neil Kandalgaonkar, CC BY-NC 2.0)
Our Prof. Torsten Hoefler was born in 1981. The first IBM Personal Computer was introduced. (Picture: Federigo Federighi, CC BY-SA 4.0) The band Odissey released the song Going back to my roots. (Picture: Steven Collazo, CC BY-SA 3.0)
The Swiss tennis star Roger Federer was born. (Picture: Tatiana, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie released their song Endless Love. (Picture: Motown Records) The movie Mad Max starring Mel Gibson came out. (Picture: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0) Nintendo introduced the player character Mario in the platform game Donkey Kong (Picture: Pixabay)
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel gave their legendary Concert in Central Park in New York in front of half a million people. (Picture: Eddie Mallin, CC BY-SA 2.0 )
Release of first Indiana Jones Movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford. The German war movie Das Boot  (English:"The Boat") came out.
Singer Kim Carnes released her song Bette Davis Eyes. (Picture: Leitostar1, CC BY-SA 4.0)
The American cable channel MTV went live. (Picture: Fred Seibert, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Logitech produced the first Swiss pc-mouse called the Logitech P7. Prof. eme. N. Wirth had brought the idea from the USA.

 

Singer Kenny Rogers released his song Lady. (Picture: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY 2.0) McDonald's added the barbecue-flavoured pork sandwich McRib to its menu. (Picture: Evan-Amos)