August 14, 1981 (Friday)
- 3-D films were revived in the United States with the release of Comin' at Ya!, a "kitsch-laden spoof of spaghetti westerns" which had $13.5 million in revenues in its first months, briefly inspiring other studios to make 3-D movies.
- Died: Karl Böhm, 86, Austrian symphonic and operatic conductor
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