50 events found for 1981
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our P
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party
US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the…
A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114…
A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four.
In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of…
Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in Balad, Somalia, killing 50 people.
The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New…
While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66…
A worldwide television audience of around 750 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady…
After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing…
As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration…
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali…
President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series…
Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter…
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.…