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The Clemson Women's Basketball team finishes ranked 20th in the final Associated Press poll, the team's first top-20 ranking in a final poll.
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Ranked fourth, Clemson defeats N.C. State in Death Valley, 17-7. This was the first game dubbed the Textile Bowl, with trophy awarded to the winning team.
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Coach Danny Ford's football team goes undefeated, 11-0, and then beats Nebraska Cornhuskers, 22-15, in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, to clinch the Tigers' first National Championship on New Year's Day 1982. Both Associated Press and United Press International final polls list Clemson on top.
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On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and injured in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan survived the attack, which also injured Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and Police Officer Thomas Delahanty.
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On April 12, 1981, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. This marked the beginning of a new era in space exploration with reusable spacecraft.
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On August 1, 1981, MTV (Music Television) launched, becoming the first cable network dedicated to music videos and popular culture.
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