Date: May 24, 1981
President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing. The office of Iran's Prosecutor General blames the People's Mujahedin of Iran. Date: August 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. Date: September 21, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Antigua and Barbuda Joins the United Nations, November 11, 1981Pope John Paul II Appoints Joseph Cardinal…
Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa. Date: January 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Salvadoran Civil War: FMLN First…
The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17 years. Date: June 24, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981National Resistance Army Launches Ugandan Bush…
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) More events from 1981Microsoft Becomes Incorporated in Washington, June 25, 1981Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe Arrested in Sheffield, January 2,…
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 1981Iran Air…