What day of the week was August 1, 1981?

The day of the week August 1st, 1981 fell on was a Saturday.

Brett Chukerman the American actor was born on 01 August in 1981. As was Dean Cox the Australian footballer , Vaiko Eplik the Estonian singer-songwriter , Taylor Fry the American actress , Pia Haraldsen the Norwegian journalist and author , Christofer Heimeroth the German footballer , Stephen Hunt the Irish footballer , Jamie Jones-Buchanan the English rugby player , Miracle Laurie the American actress , Ashley Parker Angel the American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town) , Sally Pressman the American actress and dancer .

Paddy Chayefsky the American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923) died on this day in 1981.

MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video the "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.