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1.2 March-April

March 1 - Bobby Sands, an IRA member, begins hunger strike in Maze prison - he dies May 5
March 6 - After 19 years hosting the CBS Evening News Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
March 10 - Francois Mitterand elected the president of France
March 11 - Chilean president Augusto Pinochet sworn in for an eight-year term as president
March 19 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
March 29 - First running of the London Marathon
March 30 - President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., whose family had connections with the vice president. Two police officers and James Brady are also wounded.
April 4 - Riots in Brixton, South London - rioters throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops
April 12 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.

1.3 May

May - Daniel K. Ludwig abandons the Jari project in the Amazon
May 6 - A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin's design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
May 13 - Pope John Paul II is shot at and nearly killed by Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman, as he entered St. Peter's Square in Rome to address a general audience. (Two days after Christmas in 1983, Pope John Paul went to the prison to meet and forgive his would-be assassin)
May 21 - In France, socialist François Mitterrand becomes president of the Republic.
May 22 - Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, imprisoned for life for 13 counts of murder
May 25 - In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
May 26 - The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell P-2
May 30 - Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman assassinated in Chittagong.

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1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D	1981 in musicSee also 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 10 Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt a	1981 in televisionSee also 1980 in television, other events of 1981, 1982 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 20 Comedian Andy Kaufman ruins sketches and starts a brawl live on the air during ABC's Fridays''. April 11 Van Halen's lead guitar
1981 in filmSee also 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events January 19 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleagured concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate a major facto	1981 in literatureSee also 1980 in literature, other events of 1981, 1982 in literature, list of years in literature. Events February 24 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet PEN/Faulkne	1981 in sportsSee also 1980 in sports, other events of 1981, 1982 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing Rick Mears won the season championship Indiana
1981 Golden Raspberry Awards	1981 Springbok Tour	1981 in aviation
1981 Governor General's Awards	1981 in Canada	1981 in gay rights
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