Happy New Year! The Time Barbarians are BACK with a brand new year of exciting content! Yes, we've plundered the deepest recesses of the interwebs to bring you all the exciting happenings of January 1981. So pry off a cap of Michelob dark, kick your sandled feet up, and check out all the cool shit we uncovered.

Topics Include:

9 to 5 still dominating

First recorded use of CRACK cocaine

Axis and Allies debuts

Chicken McNuggets make their way into test kitchens

Minimum wage increases

The Yorkshire Ripper is captured

TANKS!

The Great Space Coaster

The UFO from France

Stymie passes away

Dynasty premires

Yorkshire girl sneezes for two years

Hill Street Blues airs

Base jumping becomes official

13 dead, nothing said

The agreement is signed between the US and Iran to release the hostages

Ronald Reagan is sworn in

Iran releases the hostages

The DeLorean rolls off the production line

The official US excecutioner dies

Reagan ends the gas wars

Happy birthday Frodo Baggins

Joel Schumacher makes his film debut

The first parade FOR Vietnam Veterans is held