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1.6 November-December
November 1
-
Antigua and Barbuda
gain independence from the
United Kingdom
November 9
-
Céline Dion
's first album is released
November 13
- The first
Friday the 13th
event held by
motorcyclists
in
Port Dover
,
Ontario
,
Canada
November 23
-
Iran-Contra scandal
:
Ronald Reagan
signs the
top secret
National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the
Central Intelligence Agency
the authority to recruit and support
Contra
rebels in
Nicaragua
November 30
-
Cold War
: In
Geneva
, representatives from the
United States
and the
Soviet Union
begin to negotiate intermediate-range
nuclear weapon
reductions in
Europe
(the meetings ended inconclusively on
Thursday, December 17
)
December 1
- A Yugoslavian DC-9 crashes into a mountain while approaching Ajaccio Airport in
Corsica
killing 178
December 4
-
South Africa
grants "homeland"
Ciskei
independence (not recognized outside South Africa)
December 11
-
El Mozote massacre
- in
El Salvador
, army units kill 900 civilians
December 13
-
Wojciech Jaruzelski
declares the state of martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by
Solidarity
December 15
- A
car bomb
destroys the
Iraq
i
Embassy
in
Beirut
,
Lebanon
, killing 61 people. This is the first modern
suicide bombing
.
Syria
n intelligence is blamed.
December 20
- The Penlee lifeboat disaster off the coast of South-West
Cornwall
December 28
- The first American
test-tube baby
, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born (
Norfolk, Virginia
)
1.7 unknown dates
US President
Ronald Reagan
appoints the first female US Supreme Court Justice,
Sandra Day O'Connor
The
Pac-Man
video game is introduced in the US
IBM PC
released
Millennium Renactment of the translation of Saint
Edward the Martyr
's relics from
Wareham
to
Shaftesbury
Mauritania
abolishes the institution of
slavery
.
Tylenol Scare
2 Year in topic
1981 in film
June 12
-
Raiders of the Lost Ark
starring
Harrison Ford
Chariots of Fire
On Golden Pond
1981 in literature
1981 in music
Grandmaster Flash
's "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel" is the first recording to use
scratching
1981 in theatre
May 11
- the first performance of the history-making
musical
,
Cats
.
1981 in sports
January 25
-
Super Bowl XV
Oakland Raiders
(27) def.
Philadelphia Eagles
(10)
July 24
-
August 2
- First
World Games
held in
Santa Clara, California
August 21
-
Salvador Sanchez
defeats
Wilfredo Gomez
by a
knockout
in 8 to retain his
WBC
world Featherweight
boxing
title in
Las Vegas
.
September 16
-
Sugar Ray Leonard
knocks out
Thomas Hearns
in round 14, in Las Vegas, to unify the world's Welterweight boxing championship.
September 26
-
Australian Rules Football
:
Victorian Football League
Grand Final,
Carlton Blues
12.20 (92) def
Collingwood Magpies
10.12 (72)
1981 in television
January 20
- Comedian
Andy Kaufman
ruins sketches and starts a brawl live on the air during
ABC
's
Fridays
.
August 1
-
MTV
debuts on
Cable television
, playing
music video
s 24 hours a day
November 16
and
November 17
- Luke and Laura's wedding on
General Hospital
becomes one of the most watched weddings in television history, second only to the wedding of
Charles, Prince of Wales
and
Lady Diana Spencer
.
The
State Council of the People's Republic of China
listed the four cities (
Beijing
,
Hangzhou
,
Suzhou
and
Guilin
) as where the protection of historical and cultural heritage as well as natural scenery should be treated as a prior project.
Commodore VIC-20
, Sinclair
ZX81
, and
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
launched, helping to start the
1980s home computing
phenomenon.
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