1981 (production)

Events[]

January[]

• 6 January – Jenna Z. Wilson is born.
• 7 January – Kit Conners is born.
• 19 January – Jenny Frison is born.
• 26 January – Akihiro Haga is born.
• Unknown day – Marvel TOS #10: "Domain of the Dragon God!" is published.

February[]

• 1 February – Lauren Kim is born.
• 5 February – Jack F. Lilly dies.
• 11 February – Kermit Murdock dies.
• 20 February – Early draft of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is completed under the working title of Star Trek: The Omega System.
• 22 February – Justin Rodgers Hall is born.
• Unknown day – Marvel TOS #11: "... Like a Woman Scorned!" is published.

March[]

• 2 March – Willow Geer is born.
• 4 March – Torin Thatcher dies.
• 12 March – Lisa Auguste is born.
• 25 March – Jennifer Chaiet is born.
• 29 March – Alain Moussi is born.
• Unknown day – Marvel TOS #12: "Eclipse of Reason" is published.

April[]

• 10 April – Working draft of Star Trek II is completed under the now-working title of Star Trek: The Genesis Project.
• 13 April –
  • Kevin Derr is born.
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Israel.
• 16 April – Anne Marley is born.
• 18 April – William H. O'Brien dies.
• 19 April – Lisa Michelle Cornelius is born.
• 23 April – Isis J. Jones is born.
• 27 April – Bonnie Morgan is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Death's Angel by Kathleen Sky is published by Bantam Books.
  • Marvel TOS #13: "All the Infinite Ways" is published.

May[]

• 7 May – Eddie Davenport is born.
• 16 May – Etan Muskat and Alice Wetterlund are born.
• 18 May – Richard Hale dies.
• 23 May – Tim Robinson is born.
• 29 May – Chris Violette is born.
• Unknown day – Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released on VHS in the UK.

June[]

• 13 June – Andreas Maaninka is born.
• 17 June – Phillip Joseph Boutté, Jr. is born.
• 22 June – Nav Mann and Hiram A. Murray are born.
• 23 June – Joe Taslim is born.
• 28 June – Ross Carter is born.
• 30 June – Daniel C. Carlson is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Pocket TOS #2: The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre is published.
  • Marvel TOS #14: "We are Dying, Egypt, Dying!" is published.

July[]

• 7 July – Casey Maloney is born.
• 9 July – Brie Ford is born.
• 12 July – Dan Crawley is born.
• 18 July – Working draft of Star Trek II is completed under the now-working title of Star Trek: The Worlds That Never Were.
• 28 July – Neil Casey is born.
• 29 July – Kimberly Brooks and Scottie Hulin are born.

August[]

• 4 August – Sean Clements is born.
• 17 August – Barry Trivers dies.
• 24 August –
  • K.L. Smith dies.
  • Early draft of Star Trek II is completed under the now working title of The New Star Trek.
• Unknown day –
  • Cyrus Zoghi is born.
  • Marvel TOS #15: "The Quality of Mercy" is published.

September[]

• 4 September –
  • Drafting begins on Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, the working title of the film that is eventually renamed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; work on this draft is not completed until 14 April 1982.
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Iceland.
  • Beyoncé is born.
• 21 September – Walt Davis dies.
• 22 September – Dan Jeannotte is born.
• 24 September – Yetide Badaki is born.
• 29 September – Shay Astar is born.

October[]

• 12 October – Elden E. Ruberg dies.
• 23 October – Matt and Mike Perfetuo are born.
• 26 October – Star Trek: The Motion Picture premieres in Turkey.
• 27 October – John Warburton dies.
• Unknown day –
  • Pocket TOS #3: The Klingon Gambit by Robert E. Vardeman is published.
  • Marvel TOS #16: "There's No Space Like Gnomes'!" is published.

November[]

• 2 November – Paul K. Daniel is born.
• 4 November – Alex R. White is born.
• 6 November – Daniel D. Lee is born.
• 11 November – Filming begins on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
• 13 November – Morgan Eliza Hill is born.
• 23 November – Jake Michaels is born.
• 26 November – Angel Manuel is born.
• 29 November – Kimberly Cullum is born.

December[]

• 3 December – Brian Bonsall is born.
• 6 December – Bart Conrad dies.
• 7 December – Cory McNeill is born.
• 14 December – Byron Abalos is born.
• 16 December – Ante Dekovic is born.
• 20 December – Melanie Scrofano is born.
• 21 December – Nicole Malgarini is born.
• 26 December – Teniece Divya Johnson is born.
• Unknown day –
  • Pocket TOS #4: The Covenant of the Crown by Howard Weinstein is published.
  • Marvel TOS #17: "The Long Night's Dawn!" is published.

Unknown month[]

• Reynolds and Sophia Walker are born.
• Cinema International Corporation is reorganized to become United International Pictures; CIC Video becomes a joint venture of Paramount Home Video and MCA/Universal Home Video.