1981 South Africa Rugby Tour First Game in Gisborne, July 22, 1981
Date: July 22, 1981
Date: July 22, 1981
Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldรณs Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. Date: May 24, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May…
More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Date: April 25, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1981 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Solidarity Warning Strike in Poland: 12…
The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. Date: September 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 5 ๐ Events on this day in 1981 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Solidarity Warning Strike in Poland: 12 Million Walk Off March…
Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement. Date: March 11, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1981 ๐ On This Day…
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS. Date: June 5, 1981 Read more on…
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. Date: February 6, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 6 ๐ Events on this day in 1981 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…