MTV Begins US Broadcasting, First Video Airs August 1, 1981
Date: August 1, 1981
Date: August 1, 1981
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…
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) More events from 1981US Federal Labor Relations Authority Decertifies PATCO After Strike, October…
Belize joins the United Nations. Date: September 25, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981John Bull Becomes Oldest Operable Steam Locomotive, September 15, 1981Ronald Reagan Awards Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, June 16,…
Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board. Date: November 8, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981El Mozote Massacre: El Salvador Kills 900 Civilians, December 11, 1981Tsuruga Nuclear…
The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C. Date: September 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". Date: January 8, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Greece…