Date: March 11, 1981
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 → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The first of the Indiana Jones film franchise, Raiders of the Lost Ark, is released in theaters. Date: June 12, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981NLM CityHopper Flight 431 Crashes in Moerdijk, Killing…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Ferdinand Marcos Lifts Martial Law in the Philippines, January…
The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths. Date: October 3, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981John Bull Becomes Oldest Operable Steam Locomotive, September…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Iraqi Embassy Beirut Suicide…
The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. Date: September 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk First Flight June 18, 1981Bobby Sands Begins Hunger Strike at HM Prison…