Date: April 10, 1981
U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident. Date: March 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party. Date: June 28, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Voyager 2 Closest Approach to Saturn – August 25, 1981Yorkshire Ripper…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. Date: November 11, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981First Recognized AIDS Cases Reported in Los Angeles, June 5, 1981Sandra Day O’Connor Confirmed as First Female Supreme…
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations. Date: September 3, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981University…