Date: October 20, 1981
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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 β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Somali Airlines Flight 40 Crash in Balad Kills…
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Date: September 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 15 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981ΕΓ³dΕΊ Food…
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 β π Other events on January 8 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Gulf…
Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery. Date: April 26, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 26 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Pope John Paul II…
The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSΒ George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors. Date: April 9, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 9 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Pope…
After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Date: July 29, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 29 π Events on this day in…