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[[File:1981 Events Collage.jpg|300x300px|thumb|From top left, clockwise: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] is [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|shot]] and injured by [[John Hinckley Jr.]]; the first case of [[HIV/AIDS]] begins in United States; the [[Salvadoran Army]] [[El Mozote massacre|kill]] 800–1,000 civilians in [[El Mozote]] village; NASA [[STS-1|launches]] [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']]; [[Pope John Paul II]] is [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|shot]] and injured by [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]]; [[IBM]] launches its [[IBM Personal Computer|first microcomputer]]; seven prisoners from the Provisional [[Irish Republican Army]] and three from the [[Irish National Liberation Army]] starve themselves to death in a [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger strike]]; [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|marries]] [[Lady Diana Spencer]].]]
[[File:1981 Events Collage.jpg|300x300px|thumb|From top left, clockwise: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] is [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|shot]] and injured by [[John Hinckley Jr.]]; the first recognized case of [[HIV/AIDS]] begins in United States; the [[Salvadoran Army]] [[El Mozote massacre|kill]] 800–1,000 civilians in [[El Mozote]] village; NASA [[STS-1|launches]] [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']]; [[Pope John Paul II]] is [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|shot]] and injured by [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]]; [[IBM]] launches its [[IBM Personal Computer|first microcomputer]]; seven prisoners from the Provisional [[Irish Republican Army]] and three from the [[Irish National Liberation Army]] starve themselves to death in a [[1981 Irish hunger strike|hunger strike]]; [[Charles III|Prince Charles]] [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|marries]] [[Lady Diana Spencer]].]]
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* [[February 8]] – In Greece, 20 fans of [[Olympiacos F.C.]] and 1 fan of [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] die, while 54 are injured, after a stampede at the [[Karaiskakis Stadium]] in [[Piraeus]], possibly because Gate 7 does not open immediately after the end of the game.
* [[February 8]] – In Greece, 20 fans of [[Olympiacos F.C.]] and 1 fan of [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] die, while 54 are injured, after a stampede at the [[Karaiskakis Stadium]] in [[Piraeus]], possibly because Gate 7 does not open immediately after the end of the game.
* [[February 9]] – Polish Prime Minister [[Józef Pińkowski]] resigns and is replaced by General [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Neal Ascherson|title=The Book of Lech Wałęsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSooAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-45684-9|page=14}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – Polish Prime Minister [[Józef Pińkowski]] resigns and is replaced by General [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Neal Ascherson|title=The Book of Lech Wałęsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSooAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-45684-9|page=14}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[Stardust fire]]: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in [[Artane, Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], in the early hours kills 48 people and injures 214.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Neil Fetherstonhaugh|author2=Tony McCullagh|title=They Never Came Home: The Stardust Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3IiAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Merlin|isbn=978-1-903582-09-1|page=8}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[Stardust fire]]: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in [[Artane, Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], in the early hours kills 48 young people and injures 214.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Neil|last1=Fetherstonhaugh|first2=Tony|last2=McCullagh|title=They Never Came Home: The Stardust Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3IiAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Merlin|isbn=978-1-903582-09-1|page=8}}</ref> In 2024 these will be declared as [[unlawful killing]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0rvgg7dlzo|title=Jury delivers unlawful killing verdict in Stardust inquest|last=Moore|first=Aoife|date=2024-04-18|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2024-04-18}}</ref>
* [[February 17]]–[[February 22|22]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] visits the [[Philippines]].
* [[February 17]]–[[February 22|22]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] visits the [[Philippines]].
* [[February 23]] – [[1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt]] ("23-F"): [[Antonio Tejero]], with members of the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Guardia Civil]], enters the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]] and stops the session where [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]] is about to be named president of the government. The coup fails after being denounced by King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Daily Report. West Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y__gbCETNEQC|year=1990|publisher=The Service|page=30}}</ref>
* [[February 23]] – [[1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt]] ("23-F"): [[Antonio Tejero]], with members of the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Guardia Civil]], enters the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]] and stops the session where [[Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo]] is about to be named president of the government. The coup fails after being denounced by King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Daily Report. West Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y__gbCETNEQC|year=1990|publisher=The Service|page=30}}</ref>
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===April===
===April===
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* [[April 4]] – UK pop group [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]]'s song "[[Making Your Mind Up]]" wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1981|1981 Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]].
* [[April 4]] – UK pop group [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]]'s song "[[Making Your Mind Up]]" wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1981|1981 Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
* [[April 11]] – [[1981 Brixton riot]]: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.<ref>{{cite book | last = Childs | first = David | title = Britain since 1939 : progress and decline | publisher = Macmillan | location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire | year = 1995 | isbn = 9781349239672 | page=201}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] – [[1981 Brixton riot]]: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.<ref>{{cite book | last = Childs | first = David | title = Britain since 1939 : progress and decline | publisher = Macmillan | location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire | year = 1995 | isbn = 9781349239672 | page=201}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] – The [[Space Shuttle]] program: [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']], with [[NASA]] astronauts [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]] and [[Robert Crippen]], launches on the [[STS-1]] mission, returning to Earth on [[April 14]]. It is the first time a crewed reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/041381sci-nasa-columbia-3.html|title='Yeeeow!' and 'Doggone!' Are Shouted on Beaches as Crowds Watch Liftoff|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] – The [[Space Shuttle]] program: [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']], with [[NASA]] astronauts [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]] and [[Robert Crippen]], launches on the [[STS-1]] mission, returning to Earth on [[April 14]]. It is the first time a crewed reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/041381sci-nasa-columbia-3.html|title='Yeeeow!' and 'Doggone!' Are Shouted on Beaches as Crowds Watch Liftoff|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
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===June===
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{{Main|June 1981}}
* [[June 5]] – The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in the United States report that 5 [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men in Los Angeles have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
* [[June 5]] – The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in the United States report that five [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men in Los Angeles have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
* [[June 6]] – [[Bihar train disaster]]: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the [[Bagmati River]] in [[Bihar]], India, killing between 500 and 800.
* [[June 6]] – [[Bihar train disaster]]: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the [[Bagmati River]] in [[Bihar]], India, killing between 500 and 800.
* [[June 7]] – The [[Israeli Air Force]] destroys [[Iraq]]'s [[Osirak]] nuclear reactor, killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician.
* [[June 7]] – The [[Israeli Air Force]] destroys [[Iraq]]'s [[Osirak]] nuclear reactor, killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician.
* [[June 10]] – Alfredo Rampi, a 6-year-old boy, falls into an artesian well in Vermicino, near Rome. After nearly three days of failed rescue attempts followed with bated breath from all over Italy, Alfredino dies inside the well, at a depth of {{Convert|60|m|ft|sp=us}}.
* [[June 10]] – Alfredo Rampi, a 6-year-old boy, falls into an artesian well in Vermicino, near Rome. After nearly three days of failed rescue attempts followed with bated breath from all over Italy, Alfredo dies inside the well, at a depth of {{Convert|60|m|ft|sp=us}}.
* [[June 13]] – At the [[Trooping the Colour]] ceremony in London, teenager [[Marcus Sarjeant]] fires 6 blank shots close to Queen [[Elizabeth II]], startling her horse.<ref>{{cite news|title=13 June 1981: Queen shot at by youth|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/13/newsid_2512000/2512333.stm|accessdate=18 August 2010|publisher=BBC|date=13 June 1981}}</ref><ref>[http://news.sky.com/story/guard-i-saw-shots-being-fired-at-queen-10310327 Guard: I Saw Shots Being Fired At Queen], Sky News on-line, by Alastair Bruce, 11 June 2016, accessed 9 October 2016.</ref>
* [[June 13]] – At the [[Trooping the Colour]] ceremony in London, teenager [[Marcus Sarjeant]] fires 6 blank shots close to Queen [[Elizabeth II]], startling her horse.<ref>{{cite news|title=13 June 1981: Queen shot at by youth|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/13/newsid_2512000/2512333.stm|accessdate=18 August 2010|publisher=BBC|date=13 June 1981}}</ref><ref>[http://news.sky.com/story/guard-i-saw-shots-being-fired-at-queen-10310327 Guard: I Saw Shots Being Fired At Queen], Sky News on-line, by Alastair Bruce, 11 June 2016, accessed 9 October 2016.</ref>
* [[June 18]]
* [[June 18]]
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===July===
===July===
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{{Main|July 1981}}
* [[July 1]] – [[Wonderland murders]]: The [[Wonderland Gang]] of cocaine dealers is brutally murdered in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lemons, Stephen|title=Return to Wonderland|url=http://www.salon.com/2000/06/09/wonderland/|work=Salon|date=June 9, 2000}}</ref> [[Eddie Nash]] is suspected of involvement, but will never be convicted.<ref>{{cite news|author=Timnick, Lois |date=March 21, 1990|title=Trial Begins for 2 in Grisly Laurel Canyon Murders of Mid-1981|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |location=Los Angeles|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-21/local/me-687_1_laurel-canyon-drug}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] – [[Wonderland murders]]: The [[Wonderland Gang]] of cocaine dealers is brutally murdered in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lemons, Stephen|title=Return to Wonderland|url=http://www.salon.com/2000/06/09/wonderland/|work=Salon|date=June 9, 2000}}</ref> [[Eddie Nash]] is suspected of involvement, but will never be convicted.<ref>{{cite news|author=Timnick, Lois |date=March 21, 1990|title=Trial Begins for 2 in Grisly Laurel Canyon Murders of Mid-1981|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |location=Los Angeles|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-21-me-687-story.html}}</ref>
* [[July 3]] – The [[Toxteth riots]] in [[Liverpool]], England, start after a mob saves a youth from being arrested. Shortly afterward, the [[Chapeltown riots (1981)|Chapeltown riots]] in [[Leeds]] start amid increased racial tension.
* [[July 3]] – The [[Toxteth riots]] in [[Liverpool]], England, start after a mob saves a youth from being arrested. Shortly afterward, the [[Chapeltown riots (1981)|Chapeltown riots]] in [[Leeds]] start amid increased racial tension.
* [[July 7]] – United States President [[Ronald Reagan]] nominates the first woman, [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Graya: A Magazine for Members of Gray's Inn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UVHAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Gray's Inn|page=51}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – United States President [[Ronald Reagan]] nominates the first woman, [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Graya: A Magazine for Members of Gray's Inn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5UVHAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Gray's Inn|page=51}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' is released, marking the first ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' and [[Mario]] smash hit arcade game developed by [[Nintendo]] in Japan.
* [[July 9]] – ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' is released, marking the first ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' and [[Mario]] smash hit arcade game developed by [[Nintendo]] in Japan.
* [[July 10]]
* [[July 10]]
** [[Mahathir bin Mohamad]] becomes the 4th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Shukor Omar|title=The Malay Lost World: With Emphasis on Entrepreneurship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPLrAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Anzagain|isbn=978-983-037-120-7|page=36}}</ref>
** [[Mahathir Mohamad]] becomes the 4th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Shukor Omar|title=The Malay Lost World: With Emphasis on Entrepreneurship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPLrAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Anzagain|isbn=978-983-037-120-7|page=36}}</ref>
** [[1981 Handsworth riots]] in [[Birmingham]] begin, followed by further [[1981 England riots]] in several urban areas including [[Liverpool]] and [[Leeds]].
** [[1981 Handsworth riots]] in [[Birmingham]] begin, followed by further [[1981 England riots]] in several urban areas including [[Liverpool]] and [[Leeds]].
* [[July 16]]–[[July 21|21]] – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the [[follow-on]] when they beat Australia by 18 runs at [[Headingley]] cricket ground, Leeds, England.
* [[July 16]]–[[July 21|21]] – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the [[follow-on]] when they beat Australia by 18 runs at [[Headingley]] cricket ground, Leeds, England.
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* [[September]] &ndash; ''[[Little Miss Bossy]]'', the first book in the ''[[List of Little Miss characters|Little Miss]]'' series (the female counterpart to the ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series) is first published.
* September – ''[[Little Miss Bossy]]'', the first book in the ''[[List of Little Miss characters|Little Miss]]'' series (the female counterpart to the ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series) is first published.
* [[September 1]] – [[Gregorio Conrado Álvarez]] is inaugurated as a military [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|de facto President of Uruguay]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arthur S Banks|author2=William Overstreet|author3=Thomas Muller|title=Political Handbook of the World 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXU_CplFBLYC|date=15 April 2008|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=978-0-87289-528-7|page=1446}}</ref>
* [[September 1]] – [[Gregorio Conrado Álvarez]] is inaugurated as a military [[List of Presidents of Uruguay|de facto President of Uruguay]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arthur S Banks|author2=William Overstreet|author3=Thomas Muller|title=Political Handbook of the World 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXU_CplFBLYC|date=15 April 2008|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=978-0-87289-528-7|page=1446}}</ref>
* [[September 4]] – An [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Coal mine disasters|explosion at a mine]] in [[Záluží (Beroun District)|Záluží]], [[Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]], kills 65 people.
* [[September 4]] – An [[List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Coal mine disasters|explosion at a mine]] in [[Záluží (Beroun District)|Záluží]], [[Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]], kills 65 people.
* [[September 7]] – British plantation company [[Guthrie (company)|Guthrie]] is taken over by the [[Government of Malaysia|Malaysian government]] after successfully purchasing shares to become the major shareholder. This is famously called the 'Dawn Raid attack'.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The 'Unfinished Business' of Malaysia's Decolonisation: The Origins of the Guthrie 'Dawn Raid'|author1=Shakila Yacob|author2=Nicholas White|date=May 2011|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=44|issue=5}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] – British plantation company [[Guthrie (company)|Guthrie]] is taken over by the [[Government of Malaysia|Malaysian government]] after successfully purchasing shares to become the major shareholder. This is famously called the 'Dawn Raid attack'.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The 'Unfinished Business' of Malaysia's Decolonisation: The Origins of the Guthrie 'Dawn Raid'|author1=Shakila Yacob|author2=Nicholas White|date=May 2011|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=44|issue=5}}</ref>
* [[September 10]] – [[Picasso]]'s painting ''[[Guernica (Picasso)|Guernica]]'' is moved from New York to [[Madrid]].
* [[September 10]] – [[Picasso]]'s painting ''[[Guernica (Picasso)|Guernica]]'' is moved from New York to [[Madrid]].
* [[September 15]]
* [[September 15]]
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* [[October 5]] – [[Raoul Wallenberg]] posthumously becomes an honorary citizen of the United States.
* [[October 5]] – [[Raoul Wallenberg]] posthumously becomes an honorary citizen of the United States.
* [[October 6]] – Egyptian President [[Anwar Sadat]] is assassinated during a military parade.
* [[October 10]] – The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the [[jōyō kanji]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AJAWAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Sociological Abstracts, Incorporated|page=893}}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the [[jōyō kanji]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AJAWAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Sociological Abstracts, Incorporated|page=893}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – Vice President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is elected President of [[Egypt]], one week after the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]] during a parade, by servicemen who belong to the [[Egypt]]ian [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] organization led by [[Khalid Islambouli]] and oppose his negotiations with [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Amnesty International Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1PcvAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Amnesty International Publications|page=320|isbn = 9780939994021}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – Vice President [[Hosni Mubarak]] is elected President of [[Egypt]], one week after the assassination of [[Anwar Sadat]] during a parade, by servicemen who belong to the [[Egypt]]ian [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] organization led by [[Khalid Islambouli]] and oppose his negotiations with [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Amnesty International Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1PcvAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Amnesty International Publications|page=320|isbn = 9780939994021}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – Gas explosions at a coal mine at Hokutan, [[Yūbari, Hokkaidō]], Japan, kill 93 people.
* [[October 16]] – Gas explosions at a coal mine at Hokutan, [[Yūbari, Hokkaidō]], Japan, kill 93 people.
* [[October 21]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Greece]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Intelligence Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUbvAAAAMAAJ|date=April 1984|publisher=Intelligence International Limited|page=20}}</ref>
* [[October 21]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Greece]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Intelligence Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUbvAAAAMAAJ|date=April 1984|publisher=Intelligence International Limited|page=20}}</ref>

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This article is about the year 1981. For other uses, see 1981 (disambiguation).
From top left, clockwise: U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot and injured by John Hinckley Jr.; the first recognized case of HIV/AIDS begins in United States; the Salvadoran Army kill 800–1,000 civilians in El Mozote village; NASA launches Space Shuttle Columbia; Pope John Paul II is shot and injured by Mehmet Ali Ağca; IBM launches its first microcomputer; seven prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army and three from the Irish National Liberation Army starve themselves to death in a hunger strike; Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.
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Ab urbe condita2734
Armenian calendar1430
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Assyrian calendar6731
Baháʼí calendar137–138
Balinese saka calendar1902–1903
Bengali calendar1388
Berber calendar2931
British Regnal year29 Eliz. 2 – 30 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2525
Burmese calendar1343
Byzantine calendar7489–7490
Chinese calendar庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4678 or 4471
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辛酉年 (Metal Rooster)
4679 or 4472
Coptic calendar1697–1698
Discordian calendar3147
Ethiopian calendar1973–1974
Hebrew calendar5741–5742
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2037–2038
 - Shaka Samvat1902–1903
 - Kali Yuga5081–5082
Holocene calendar11981
Igbo calendar981–982
Iranian calendar1359–1360
Islamic calendar1401–1402
Japanese calendarShōwa 56
(昭和５６年)
Javanese calendar1913–1914
Juche calendar70
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4314
Minguo calendarROC 70
民國70年
Nanakshahi calendar513
Thai solar calendar2524
Tibetan calendar阳金猴年
(male Iron-Monkey)
2107 or 1726 or 954
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阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
2108 or 1727 or 955
Unix time347155200 – 378691199
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1981 (MCMLXXXI) 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.

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April 12: First Space Shuttle launch: Columbia, April 12, 1981

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November 1: Antigua and Barbuda.

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References

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  2. ^ Economist Publications (1988). The World in Figures. G.K. Hall. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-8161-8954-0.
  3. ^ Vinocur, John; Times, Special To the New York (January 7, 1981). "WAR VETERANS COME TO BURY, AND TO PRAISE, DOENITZ". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
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