Dan-Air Flight 240 Crashes in Leicestershire, June 26, 1981
Date: June 26, 1981
Date: June 26, 1981
Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due). Date: May 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 26 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Gulf of Corinth…
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. Date: October 6, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 6 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Salvadoran Civil War: FMLN First Major Offensive in MorazΓ‘n and Chalatenango, January 10, 1981EA-6B Prowler Crashes…
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 β π Other events on March 30 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380Β million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate. Date: May 21, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 21 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Italian PM Forlani…
A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing. Date: December 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 15 π Events on this day in 1981 π …
Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party. Date: March 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 26 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse Kills 114 in Kansas City, July 17, 1981Ronald Reagan Awards Congressional Gold…