Date: February 5, 1981
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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 1981EA-6B Prowler…
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board. Date: December 1, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 1 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Voyager 2 Closest Approach to Saturn – August…
Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech WaΕΔsa. Date: January 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 15 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Penlee Lifeboat Disaster: 16 Killed…
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 β π Other events on March 11 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day…
Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Date: March 1, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 1 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Iran Hostage Crisis Agreement to Release 52 American Hostages January…
One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: January 2, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 2 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from…