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Sugar Babies - The Burlesque Musical, starring Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney, is presented at The Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1208 performances.
The musical 42nd Street is presented at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will subsequently move to the Majestic Theatre and then to The St. James Theatre, before finally closing in 1989, having racked up a total of 3,486 performances.
Bob Marley, suffering from terminal cancer, is undergoing treatment at the Issels Clinic in the Bavarian Alps, Germany, Europe. He will remain at the clinic until May 1981.
Depeche Mode are heard on vinyl for the first time with one track on the Some Bizarre Album, a compilation of material by Some Bizarre label artists also including The The and Soft Cell.
Justin Timberlake, who will find fame with boyband N'Sync and then pursue a successful solo career is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
It is announced that The Bandwagon (aka The Heavy Metal Soundhouse), Kingsbury, UK, is closing down. The venue was widely regarded as the birthplace of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.
The Who play the second of two nights at The Coliseum, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe.Elvis Costello and the Attractions release the album Trust in the UK, on the newly-formed F-Beat label.
Lakeside reach No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with Fantastic Voyage.