EA-6B Prowler Crashes on USS Nimitz, Killing 14, May 26, 1981
Date: May 26, 1981
Date: May 26, 1981
The IBM Personal Computer is released. Date: August 12, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 12 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981University of Pristina Student Protests for Kosovo Political Rights, March 11, 1981Bobby Sands Dies in Long Kesh Prison After…
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…
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 1981Mark David…
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 β π Other events on September 3 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters. Date: June 12, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 12 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Trans-en-Provence UFO Sighting Reported by Local Farmer β…
Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Date: November 25, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 25 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Penlee Lifeboat…