August 15, 1981 (Saturday)
- The Eternal Word Television Network, devoted to spreading the Roman Catholic faith in the United States and founded by Mother Angelica, made its cable television debut at 6:00 pm Central Time on the date of the Feast of the Assumption. Based in Irondale, Alabama, EWTN was, by 2000, the largest religious cable network in the world, on 1,500 systems in 38 nations.
- Died: Carol Ryrie Brink, 85, American children's author; and Sir Humphrey Waldock, 77, President of the International Court of Justice (World Court)
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