Date: November 30, 1981
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS. Date: June 5, 1981 Read more on…
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 → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in…
Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. Date: August 19, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Ecuador…
A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. Date: February 13, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Turkish Air Force F-5 Crash Kills 66 in Babaeski, September…
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…
First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built. Date: December 18, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 18 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1981Microsoft Becomes…