32 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…