Aeroméxico Flight 110 Crashes Near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, Killing 18 – November 8, 1981

An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others. Date: May 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981DeLorean Sports Car Production Begins…

A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200. Date: July 17, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight. Date: April 14, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Transamerica Sells United Artists to MGM After Heaven’s Gate Failure, May 21, 1981Antonio…

As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland. Date: July 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981ZX81 Launches,…

Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. Date: October 14, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Underarm Bowling Incident at MCG, Australia…

The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors. Date: April 9, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Dan-Air…