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)
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 → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party. Date: March 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day…
The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world. Date: March 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Date: March 1, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affects Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people are killed, 400 are injured, and damage totals $812 million. Date: February 24, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day…
In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Date: February 23, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Date: February 13, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet. Date: February 7, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)