1981 Calendar
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1981 Historical Event(s)
January 19, 1981
– Iran Hostage Crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
February 5, 1981
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
February 6, 1981
– The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
February 13, 1981
– A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
June 7, 1981
– The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. The facility could have been used to make nuclear weapons.
July 17, 1981
– A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
July 29, 1981
– A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
October 9, 1981
– Abolition of capital punishment in France.
November 28, 1981
– Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
December 1, 1981
– A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on board.
Who Were Born On 1981?
January 9, 1981
– Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
January 20, 1981
– Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor
March 3, 1981
– Lil' Flip, American rapper
March 4, 1981
– Donny Tourette, English punk rock singer (Towers of London)
March 7, 1981
– Rica Peralejo, Philippine Actress
May 27, 1981
– Özgür Çevik, Turkish singer and actor
June 1, 1981
– Smush Parker, American basketball player
June 15, 1981
– John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
September 25, 1981
– Shane Tutmarc, American songwriter and musician
October 25, 1981
– Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder)