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August 9 – Major League Baseball resumes from the strike with the All-Star Game in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. August 10 – Exactly two weeks after his disappearance, the severed head of 6-year-old Hollywood, Florida native Adam Walsh is found in a canal in Vero Beach, Florida ; to this day the rest of the boy's body has never been recovered.
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.
1981 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. ... June 12 - Major League Baseball players begin a 49-day strike over the issue of free-agent compensation.
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.
1981 – 1982 United States is part of the global recession, with national unemployment as high as 9%, with some areas much higher, and inflation as high as 13.5%. Early 1980s recession; 1981 – Kemp-Roth Tax Cut; 1981 – MTV signs on, becoming the first 24-hour cable network dedicated to airing music videos.
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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:
December 1981 events in North America (4 C, 2 P) C. 1981 events in Canada by month (10 C) M. 1981 events in Mexico by month (4 C) U. 1981 events in the United States ...