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Contents

1 Events of 1981

1.1 January

1.2 February

1.3 March

1.4 April

1.5 May

1.6 June

1.7 July

1.8 August

1.9 September

1.10 October

1.11 November

1.12 December

1.13 Undated

1.14 Ongoing

2 Births

2.1 January-February

2.2 March-April

2.3 May-June

2.4 July-August

2.5 September-October

2.6 November-December

3 Deaths

3.1 January-March

3.2 April-June

3.3 July-September

3.4 October-December

4 Nobel prizes

5 Templeton Prize

6 See also

7 Notes

8 External links

[edit] Events of 1981

[edit] January

January - The subterranean Sarawak chamber is discovered in Borneo.

January 1 - Greece enters the European Community, which later becomes the European Union.

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January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing.

January 4 - Sheffield police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a 34-year-old lorry driver, on suspicion of being the Yorkshire Ripper who has killed 13 women and attacked seven others over the last six years.

January 5 - Margaret Thatcher carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, sacking Norman St. John-Stevas.

January 7 - Snow in Palermo and Sicily.

January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins an uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days.

January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband.

January 20: Iran releases hostages.

January 17 - Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos lifted Martial Law.

January 19 - United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

January 20 - Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter, becoming the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis.

January 21 - The first De Lorean DMC-12 automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.

January 22 - Fowzi Nejad, sole survivor of the terrorists from the Iranian Embassy siege in London, pleads guilty to manslaughter of two hostages and gets jailed for life.

January 24 - The British Labour Party special conference at Wembley decides that leadership elections should be by electoral college.

January 25 - Four former Labour cabinet ministers (Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, William Rodgers and David Owen) announce the formation of the Council for Social Democracy.

January 25 - Chiang Ching ('Madame Mao') is sentenced to death in the People's Republic of China.

January 25 - The Oakland Raiders win Super Bowl XV, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

January 27 - Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 capsized by caught fire off Java Sea, 580 killed.

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February 24: A powerful earthquake hits Athens.

February 4 - Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes the Prime Minister of Norway.

February 8 - nineteen fans of Olympiacos FC and two fans of AEK Athens died and 54 injured after a stampede at the Karaiskaki Stadium in Pireus, possibly because Gate 7 did not open immediately after the end of the game.

February 9 - Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.

February 10 - A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills 8 and injures 198.

February 13 - Rupert Murdoch buys The Times and The Sunday Times for £12 million.

February 14 - Stardust fire: a fire at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours killed 48 and injured 214

February 14 - Australia withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.

February 23 - Antonio Tejero, with members of the Guardia Civil, enters the Spanish Congress of Deputies and stops the session where Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo is about to be named president of the government. The coup d'état fails thanks to King Juan Carlos.

February 24 - A powerful, magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Athens, killing 16 people, injuring thousands and destroying several buildings, mostly in Corinth and the nearby towns of Loutraki, Kiato and Xylokastro.

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March 1 - Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status in Long Kesh prison (he dies May 5, the first of 10 men).

March 6 - After 19 years hosting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

March 10 - Sir Geoffrey Howe announces the British budget, which raises taxes in the middle of a recession.

March 11 - Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet is sworn in as President of Chile for another 8-year term.

March 17 - In Italy the Propagande Due Masonic Lodge is discovered.

March 19 - Three workers are killed and 5 injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

March 26 - The British Social Democratic Party was launched at the Connaught Rooms in London.

March 29 - The first London Marathon starts with 7,500 runners.

March 30 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded.

March 31 - The 53rd Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Robert Redford's directorial debut in Ordinary People wins Best Picture and Best Director.

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March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: [1][2]), commonly known as Bobby Sands, (9 March 1954 â€“ 5 May 1981), was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and member of the UK parliament who died on hunger strike whilst in HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh) for the possession of firearms. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Irish: Ã“glaigh na hÃ‰ireann) (IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the Army or the RA.[2]) is an Irish Republican, left wing[3] paramilitary organisation that, until the Belfast Agreement, sought to end Northern... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... As far as Political status is concerned, three categories are usually recognized in international law: independent countries e. ... The personnel gate to the main guard office. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963. ... Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. ... is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Augusto JosÃ© RamÃ³n Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 â€“ December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and was the President of the military junta from 1973 to 1981. ... Flag of the President of Chile The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This box:      Propaganda Due or P2 was an irregular or black Masonic lodge that operated in Italy from 1877-1981, headed in its final decades by Licio Gelli. ... In most areas of the world Masons gather together in Masonic Lodges to work the three degrees of Freemasonry: 1Â° = Entered Apprentice 2Â° = Fellow Craft 3Â° = Master Mason Blue Lodge is used to specify the basic Masonic Lodge granting the first three degrees and to differentiate it from other Masonic... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASAs orbital fleet. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a political party of the United Kingdom that existed nationwide between 1981 and 1988. ... is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Runners surge out of the Blackfriars Bridge underpass onto the Victoria Embankment; two miles to go The London Marathon is a road marathon that has been held each year in London since 1981, usually in April. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Reagan redirects here. ... The major events of the assassination attempt The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the presidency of Ronald Reagan. ... ... John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. ... James Brady James Scott â€œJimâ€ Brady (born August 29, 1940) was Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 52nd Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. ... For other persons named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area   City 1,290. ... Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... This article is about the film. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...

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