Date: July 29, 1981
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight. Date: June 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 18 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Solidarity Warning Strike in Poland: 12 Million Walk…
As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in ΕΓ³dΕΊ to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland. Date: July 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 30 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Bobby Sands…
Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. Date: May 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 5 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Greece Joins the European Community January 1, 1981Iran Air…
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". Date: January 8, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Iran…
The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours. Date: March 27, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 27 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Trans-en-Provence UFO…
Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). Date: January 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 18 π Events on this day in 1981 π On…