The first game of the 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States is held in Gisborne, New Zealand. Date: July 22, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in Balad, Somalia, killing 50 people. Date: July 20, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development. Date: July 19, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this…
A Canadair CL-44 and Sukhoi Su-15 collide in mid-air near Yerevan, Armenia, killing four. Date: July 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 18 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. Date: July 7, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. Date: June 27, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅…
Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish. Date: June 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. Date: June 25, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)