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August 9 – 1981 Major League Baseball strike ends in the United States, and Major League Baseball resumes with the All-Star Game in Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. [33] August 12 – The original Model 5150 IBM PC (with a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor) is released in the United States at a base price of $1,565. [34]
November 16 – Luke and Laura marry on the U.S. soap opera General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in daytime television history. November 23 – Iran-Contra scandal : Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to recruit and support Contra rebels in ...
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.
23 November – 1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak, the largest recorded tornado outbreak in European history. [ 58 ] 25 November – A report into the Brixton Riots, which scarred inner-city London earlier this year, points the finger of blame at the social and economic problems which have been plaguing Brixton and many other inner-city ...
The following events occurred in January 1981: January 1, 1981 ... England after the largest manhunt in British history. [5] [6] Over a period of six years, ...
On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as the 5150. Can you imagine functioning today IBM releases its first personal computer on This Day in History, August 12th, 1981
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