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1.4 June-July

June 5 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California are have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (these were the first recognized cases of AIDS).
June 6 - Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the River Kosi , in Bihar, India - about 800 dead
June 7 - Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor
June 12 - Release of Raiders of the Lost Ark starring Harrison Ford and directed by Steven Spielberg
June 13 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager Marcus Sargeant fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
June 22 - Hamas attacks a travel agency in Greece - two dead
June 22 - Iranian president Bani Sadr deposed
June 29 - Morris Edwin Robert armed with a machine gun holds hostages in the FBI section in Atlanta Federal Building . After three hours the hostages are rescued - Robert is shot
July 17 - Hyatt Hotel disaster: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby killing 114
July 17 - Israeli Bombers destroy the PLO HQ in Beirut
July 29 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.

1.5 August-October

August 5 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work
August 7 - The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication
August 19 - Gulf of Sidra incident (1981). Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi sends two Sukoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two US fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The American jets destroyed the Libyan fighters.
August 28 - South African troops invade Angola
August 31 - A bomb explodes at the US Army base in Ramstein, West Germany injuring 20 people
September 4 - An explosion at a mine in Zalizin , Checkoslovakia - 65 dead
September 10 - Picasso's painting " Guernica" is moved from New York to Madrid
September 15 - The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, DC.
October 6 - Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization, who opposed his negotiations with Israel
October 14 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
October 21 - Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

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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
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