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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.
Gulf of Sidra incident (1981): Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi sends 2 Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept 2 U.S. fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The American jets destroy the Libyan fighters. President Ronald Reagan appoints the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.
The ancient Athenian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with 354-day years, consisting of twelve months of alternating length of 29 or 30 days. To keep the calendar in line with the solar year of 365.242189 days, an extra, intercalary month was added in the years: 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 of the 19-years Metonic cycle.
More than 700 people were present for a Valentine's Day party when flames were observed at 2:00 a.m. [24] Although a 1982 investigation concluded that the fire was intentionally set, a reopened inquiry ruled out arson in 2009, [25] but in 2024 an inquest declared the deaths to be unlawful killings.
October 31 is the 304th day of the year ... in the Gregorian calendar; 61 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600 475 ... 1981 – Frank Iero ...
The group was on a one-day sightseeing trip. [1] Beginning what would later be called the Iran-Contra scandal, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a Presidential Finding, secretly authorizing the CIA to provide direct assistance to Nicaragua's Contra rebels, led by Edén Pastora, in overthrowing the Sandinista government. A Congressional ...
October 1981 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P) November 1981 events in the United States (1 C, 7 P) December 1981 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P)
August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 152 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600 ... 1981 – Pia ...