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1981 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
Events from the year 1981 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government. President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) (until January 20) Ronald ...
The 1981 tax cuts, some of the largest in U.S. history, also eroded the revenue base of the federal government in the short-term. The massive increase in military spending (about $1.6 trillion over five years) far exceeded cuts in social spending, despite wrenching impact of such cuts spending geared toward some of the poorest segments of society.
The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was elected president of Iran with 16,007,972 votes out of 16,846,996 cast. Education minister Ali-Akbar Parvaresh placed second. [6]U.S. president Ronald Reagan announced his plans to resurrect the B-1 bomber program that had been scrapped by President Carter, with 100 of the planes to be built by 1987, and another plan to deploy 100 MX missiles.
January 20, 1981: Reagan inaugurated as 40th U.S. President January 21, 1981: First DeLorean manufactured January 20, 1981: American hostages leave Iran after 444 days January 1, 1981: Republic of Palau proclaimed. The following events occurred in January 1981:
5 April – The 1981 UK Census is conducted. 10 April – Bobby Sands, an IRA member on hunger strike in the Maze prison, Northern Ireland, is elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in a by election. [21] 11 April – More than 300 people (most of them police officers) are injured and extensive damage is caused to property in the Brixton ...
World Games I souvenir button. The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California, United States.. The games featured sports that were not included in the Olympics, including tug-of-war, racquetball, baseball and softball, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, roller speed skating, finswimming, karate, women's water ...
Pages in category "1981" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...