1981

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Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1981.

Real world

February 12: Claire Byrne, who voiced Debra in Grand Theft Auto V, is born in Westchester County, New York.
June 10: Lorna Jordan, who voiced a commercial announcer in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is born in Princeton, New Jersey.
October 23: Jackie Long, who voiced D in Grand Theft Auto V, is born in Pasadena, California.

Asuka Kasen's husband passes away.
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).
John F. Hickory moves to Vice City.