Date: June 16, 1981
Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). Date: January 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 18 π Events on this day in 1981 π On…
A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200. Date: July 17, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 17 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events…
As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in ΕΓ³dΕΊ to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland. Date: July 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 30 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981US Federal…
Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) Date: November 30, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 30 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day…
Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. Date: May 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 5 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Pushkin Airport Plane Crash Kills 50, Including Pacific Fleet…
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board. Date: December 1, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 1 π Events on this day in 1981 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1981UN Adopts Womenβs Rights Convention Against Discrimination, September…