64 events found for 1981
More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan
Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27
Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St
The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicat
Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office fail
Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while t
In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Ara
Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseud
An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 other
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera
The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters
At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II
US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for he
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its fir
The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington
Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire