1981

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Clarence Thomas becomes Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights
 * William Weld becomes United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
 * January 3:
 * Charles Roberts becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Ronald Wyden becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Barry Goldwater becomes Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
 * Theodore Stevens becomes Senate Majority Whip
 * January 20:
 * Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States
 * January 28:
 * William Casey becomes Director of Central Intelligence

Births

 * April 12:
 * Tulsi Gabbard - Member of the House of Representatives (Living)
 * April 24:
 * Daniel Behrman - Presidential Candidate in 2020 (Living)
 * October 30:
 * Ivana Marie Trump - Senior Advisor to the President (Living)

Deaths

 * September 6:
 * Frederick Christ Trump Jr. - Brother of President Donald Trump (b. 1938)