1981

Timeline

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Based on dates given in the games

1798, 1842, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1981.

Game World

GTA III Era

• The Degenatron is introduced to the arcade scene.
• Wave 103, a new wave radio station, broadcasts its first show in Vice City.
• The Florida secessionist movement begins.
• Evacuator, a film starring Jack Howitzer, premieres and is shown nation wide.
• Kent Paul is arrested in Kent, England after smashing Mark Cosgrove's car (after Cosgrove stole Kent’s girlfriend May).