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1974_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – Nelly, American rapper
November 5
Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer
Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
November 8
Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
November 9 – Al... |
1974_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
December 4 – Anke Huber, German tennis player
December 5
Kid Koala, Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and graphic novelist
Ben McAdams, American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 in Utah
December 7 –... |
1975_0 | 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade. |
1975_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up.
January 2
The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan... |
1975_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 – The Haicheng earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538, but much of the city has been evacuated in a claimed example of earthquake prediction.
February 5 – The Argentinian president Isabel Perón decrees Operativo Independencia, aiming to neutralize or an... |
1975_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Aston Villa win the English Football League Cup at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1–0 in the final.
Australian television switches to full-time colour.
March 6
Algiers Agreement: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement in their border dispute.
A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of Springer publ... |
1975_3 | Section: April (2):
April 4
Vietnam War: The first military Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft (at this time known as Micro-Soft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico and release their Altair BASIC interpre... |
1975_4 | Section: May (2):
May 3 – West Ham United win the FA Cup at Wembley, beating Fulham 2–0 in the final.
May 6 – The South African government announces that it will provide all Black children with free and compulsory education.
May 15 – Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is... |
1975_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
June 6 – The Georgetown Agreement, formally creating the ACP Group, is signed.
June 9 – The Order of Australia is awarded for the first time.
June 11 – After a referendum and seven years of military rule, modern-day Greece is est... |
1975_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – The Postmaster-General's Department is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as Australia Post).
July 4 – Zion Square refrigerator bombing. A terrorist attack in downtown Jerusalem kills 15... |
1975_7 | Section: August (2):
The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.
August 1 – The Helsinki A... |
1975_8 | Section: September (2):
September–October – In New Zealand, Māori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5,000 people, in support of Maori claims to their land.
September 5
In Sacramento, California, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
The London H... |
1975_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – "Thrilla in Manila": Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. The fight is viewed live by well over 100 million people worldwide.
October 14
The South African Defence Force invades Angola during Operation Savannah in support of the FNLA and UNITA prior... |
1975_10 | Section: November (2):
November 6 – The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
November 7 – A vapor cloud explosion at a petroleum cracking facility in Geleen, Netherlands, leaves 14 dead a... |
1975_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2 – In Laos, the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeats the Kingdom of Laos, forcing King Sisavang Vatthana to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends the Laotian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civi... |
1976_0 | 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade. |
1976_0 | Section: January (2):
January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Banglades... |
1976_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4
The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria.
The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Aust... |
1976_2 | Section: March (2):
March – The Cray-1, the first commercially developed supercomputer, is released by Seymour Cray's Cray Research, with the first purchaser being the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
March 1
U.K. Home Secretary Merlyn Rees ends Special Category Status fo... |
1976_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in California.
Conrail (Consolidated Rails Corporation) is formed by the U.S. government, to take control of 13 major Northeast Class-1 railroads that have filed for bankruptcy protection. Conrail takes control at midnight, as ... |
1976_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Neville Wran becomes Premier of New South Wales.
May 4
The first LAGEOS (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) is launched.
A train crash in Schiedam, the Netherlands, kills 24 people.
May 6 – An earthquake hits the Friuli area in Italy, killing more than 900 people and making another 100,000 homeless.... |
1976_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – The United Kingdom and Iceland end the Third Cod War, with the UK accepting Iceland's extension of its territorial waters to 200 nautical miles in exchange for defined fishing rights.
June 2
A car bomb fatally injures Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
The Philippine government opens rela... |
1976_6 | Section: July (2):
July 2 – North Vietnam dissolves the Provisional Government of South Vietnam and unites the two countries to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
July 3
Gregg v. Georgia: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionall... |
1976_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1
The 1976 Summer Olympics ends in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Trinidad and Tobago becomes a republic, replacing Elizabeth II as its head of state with President Ellis Clarke.
Defending F1 World Champion Niki Lauda suffers serious burns in the German Grand Prix after a huge accident that nearl... |
1976_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1
Cigarette and tobacco advertising is banned on Australian television and radio.
Aparicio Méndez, a jurist, is inaugurated as a civilian de facto President of Uruguay in the framework of a dictatorship.
The state of emergency in the Republic of Ireland legally still in force since 193... |
1976_9 | Section: October (2):
October 4 – The InterCity 125 high-speed train is introduced in the United Kingdom.
October 6
Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados; all 73 people on board are killed.
Students gathering at Thammasat U... |
1976_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – 1976 United States presidential election: Jimmy Carter narrowly defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.
November 12 – Disappearance of Renee MacRae and her 3-year-old son Andrew from Inverness in Scotland; this becom... |
1976_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1
Angola joins the United Nations.
José López Portillo takes office as President of Mexico.
Sir Douglas Nicholls is appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia, the first Australian Aboriginal appointed to vice-regal office.
December 3 – Patrick Hillery is sworn in after being elected... |
1977_0 | 1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1977th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 977th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1970s decade. |
1977_0 | Section: January (2):
January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
January 17 – 49 marines from the USS Trenton and USS Guam are k... |
1977_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – The Congress Party of India, led by Indira Gandhi, splits with Jagjivan Ram and other senior leaders, forming Congress for Democracy. This party later merges with the Janata Party.
February 3 – In northern Japan a blizzard piles snow on rooftops, causing many to collapse killing at l... |
1977_2 | Section: March (2):
March 4 – The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in the Vrancea Mountains of Romania kills over 1,500 people.
March 8 – The Australian parliament is opened by Elizabeth II in her capacity as Queen of Australia.
March 9 – Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Movement members take over 3 buildings in... |
1977_3 | Section: April (2):
April 2 – Horse racing: Red Rum wins a record third Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in the UK.
April 4 – Southern Airways Flight 242 crashes on a highway in New Hope, Georgia, United States, killing 72 people.
April 7 – German Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by Red A... |
1977_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – The Taksim Square massacre in Istanbul results in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
May 12 – Portugal and Israel establish diplomatic relations.
May 14 – An IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia, kills all six on board.
May 16 – A 20-passenger S-61L topples sideways at takeof... |
1977_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – A bloodless coup installs France-Albert René as President of the Seychelles.
June 15 – Spain has its first democratic elections, after 41 years of Francoist Spain.
June 21 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, ... |
1977_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
The East African Community is dissolved.
The Championships, Wimbledon (tennis) – Virginia Wade wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to w... |
1977_7 | Section: August (2):
August 4 – U.S. president Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
August 9 – The military-controlled government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a president and Congress.
August 12 – Th... |
1977_8 | Section: September (2):
September 4 – The Golden Dragon massacre, involving rival Chinatown gangs, takes place in San Francisco, United States. Five are killed.
September 5
Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
German Autumn: Employers Association President Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in Co... |
1977_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Energy Research and Development Administration combines with the Federal Energy Administration to form United States Department of Energy.
October 7
The Soviet Union adopts its third Constitution. The Soviet National Anthem's lyrics are returned after a 24-year period, with Joseph Stal... |
1977_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – 2060 Chiron, first of the outer Solar System asteroids known as Centaurs, is discovered by Charlie Kowal.
November 2 – The worst storm in Athens' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls B... |
1977_11 | Section: December (2):
December – The Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific (CESDAP) is implemented.
December 4
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself emperor.
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Ku... |
1978_0 | 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade. |
1978_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary... |
1978_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Film director Roman Polanski skips bail in the United States and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
February 5–7 – The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area... |
1978_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.
March 2 – Soyuz 28 (Aleksei Gubarev, Vladimír Remek) is launched on a rendezvous with Salyut 6, with the first cosmonaut from a country other than the US or USSR (Czechoslovakian Vladimír Remek).
March 3
Ethiopia admi... |
1978_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
New Zealand National Airways Corporation (the domestic airline of New Zealand) is merged with New Zealand's international airline, Air New Zealand.
Dick Smith of Dick Smith Foods tows a fake iceberg to Sydney Harbour.
The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, is conv... |
1978_4 | Section: May (2):
May 4
The Battle of Cassinga occurs in southern Angola.
Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris.
May 8
Norway opens a natural gas field, in the Polar Sea.
Reinhold Messner (Italy) and Peter Habeler (Austria) make the first ascent of Mount Everest, without supplemental oxygen.
May 9 – In R... |
1978_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – The 1978 FIFA World Cup starts in Argentina.
June 2 – Japan Air Lines 115 had its tail struck on the runway on the airport it landed in. The same aircraft would be involved in a 2nd accident 7 years later
June 10 – Affirmed holds off Alydar to win the Belmont Stakes and becomes the last hor... |
1978_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 - Australia's Northern Territory is granted self-government.
July 3 – The Amazon Co-operation Treaty (ACT) is signed.
July 7 – The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
July 11 – At least 217 tourists die in an explosion of a tanker-truck at a campsite in Costa Daurada, S... |
1978_7 | Section: August (2):
August 6 – Pope Paul VI dies, at Castel Gandolfo.
August 12 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is concluded.
August 17 – Double Eagle II becomes the first balloon to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Presque Isle, Maine, to Miserey... |
1978_8 | Section: September (2):
September 5 – Camp David Accords: Hosted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat met at Camp David in Maryland to discuss a peace agreement between the two nations.
September 7 – In London, UK, a poison-filled pellet, supposedly in... |
1978_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1
Vietnam attacks Cambodia.
Tuvalu becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
October 2 – Mommie Dearest, written by Christina Crawford that discusses her adoptive mother Joan Crawford's abusive nature, is published. It is the first celebrity tell-all memoir.
October 7 – Wranslide in New... |
1978_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2: 8:00 pm – The Republic of Ireland's second television channel RTÉ 2 goes on air (renamed Network 2, 1988; RTÉ Network Two, 1995; N2, 1997; and RTÉ Two in 2004).
November 3 – Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 5 – Indira Gandhi is elected to the Indian pa... |
1978_11 | Section: December (2):
December 4 – Dianne Feinstein succeeds the murdered George Moscone, to become the first woman mayor of San Francisco; she will remain in office until January 8, 1988.
December 6 – The Spanish Constitution officially restores the country's democratic government.
December 11
Lufthansa heist: Six me... |
1979_0 | 1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade. |
1979_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the International Year of the Child. Many musicians donate to the Music for UNICEF Concert fund, among them ABBA, who write the song Chiquitita to commemorate the event.
In 1979, the United States officially severed dipl... |
1979_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
February 3 – Ayatollah Khomeini creates the Council of the Islamic Revolution.
February 7
Iranian Revolution: Supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini take over the Iranian law enforcement, courts, and govern... |
1979_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Scottish devolution referendum: Scotland votes in favour of a Scottish Assembly, which is not implemented due to failing a condition that at least 40% of the electorate must support the proposal; in a Welsh devolution referendum, Wales votes against devolution.
Philips publicly demonstrate a... |
1979_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
Iran's government becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially.
Nickelodeon launches from QUBE's Pinwheel experiment and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach.
Dale Earnhardt Sr. wins his firs... |
1979_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Greenland is granted limited autonomy from Denmark, with its own Parliament sitting in Nuuk.
May 3 – The 1979 United Kingdom general election for the House of Commons takes place, giving the Conservatives a majority, and designating Margaret Thatcher the nation's first woman prime minister, en... |
1979_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
The Vizianagaram district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, in succession to Ian Smith and under his power-sharing deal, in the unrecognized republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.
The Seattle SuperSonics win the NBA Championship aga... |
1979_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1
Sweden becomes the first country to outlaw corporal punishment in the home.
The Sony Walkman goes on sale for the first time in Japan.
July 3 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan.
July 5 – Queen Elizabet... |
1979_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 – Dictator Francisco Macías Nguema of Equatorial Guinea is overthrown in a bloody coup d'état led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
August 4 – Opening game of the American Football Bundesliga played between Frankfurter Löwen and Düsseldorf Panther, first-ever league game of American footba... |
1979_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1
The U.S. Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps is formed.
September 7 – The first cable sports channel, the Entertainment Sports Programming Network (better known ... |
1980_0 | 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade. |
1980_0 | Section: January (2):
January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
January 9 – In Saudi Arabia, 63 Islamist insurgents are beheaded for their part in the siege of the ... |
1980_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.
February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
February 4 – Abolhassan Banisadr is sworn in as the first Presid... |
1980_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Steven Stayner returned home after being kidnapped for seven years, and brought a 5 year old, Timothy White (abduction victim), who had been kidnapped after Steven, to a police station to save him.
The Commonwealth Trade Union Council is established.
The Voyager 1 probe confirms the existenc... |
1980_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) is formed in Lusaka, Zambia.
April 2 – The St Pauls riot breaks out in Bristol.
April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on No... |
1980_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – "About that Urban Renaissance...", an article by journalist Dan Rottenberg in Chicago, contains the first recorded use of the word "yuppie".
May 2 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
May 4 – Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito dies. The largest state funeral in history is organi... |
1980_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
June 3 – 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak: A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island, Nebraska, causing over $300m in damage, killing five people and injuring over 250.
June 10 – Apartheid: The African National ... |
1980_6 | Section: July (2):
July 8 – A wave of strikes begins in Lublin, Poland.
July 9 – Pope John Paul II visits Brazil; seven people are crushed to death in a crowd waiting to see him at afternoon Mass at the stadium in Fortaleza.
July 16 – Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. president, a... |
1980_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir becomes the 4th President of Iceland, the world's first democratically directly elected female president.
August 2 – Strage di Bologna: A terrorist bombing at the Bologna Centrale railway station in Italy kills 85 people and wounds more than 200.
August 3 – The 1980... |
1980_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 – Terry Fox is forced to end his Marathon of Hope run outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, after finding out that the cancer has spread to his lungs.
September 2 – Ford Europe launches the Escort MK3, a new front-wheel-drive hatchback.
September 3 – Zimbabwe breaks diplomatic and... |
1980_9 | Section: October (2):
October 5
The Elisabeth blast furnace is demolished at Bilston Steelworks, marking the end of iron and steel production in the Black Country region of the U.K.
British Leyland launches its new Metro, a three-door entry-level hatchback which is designed as the eventual replacement for the Mini. It ... |
1980_10 | Section: November (2):
November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
November 7 – Legendary actor Steve McQueen dies at the age of 5... |
1980_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2 – A missionary (Jean Donovan) and three Roman Catholic nuns (Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel), all Americans, are murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador while doing charity work during that country's civil war.
December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is ... |
1981_0 | 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. |
1981_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz following his death on December 24.
January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The... |
1981_1 | Section: February (2):
February 4 – Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway.
February 8 – In Greece, 20 fans of Olympiacos F.C. and 1 fan of 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... |
1981_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – 1981 Irish hunger strike: Bobby Sands, a Provisional Irish Republican Army member, begins a hunger strike for political status at HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in Northern Ireland, dying on May 5, the first of 7 IRA and 3 INLA hunger strikers to die.
March 11 – Chilean military dictator Augus... |
1981_3 | Section: April (2):
April 4 – UK pop group Bucks Fizz's song "Making Your Mind Up" wins the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland.
April 11 – 1981 Brixton riot: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.
April 12 – The Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia, with NAS... |
1981_4 | Section: May (2):
May – Daniel K. Ludwig abandons the Jari project in the Amazon basin.
May 1 – Pensions in Chile: The new Chilean pension system, based on private pension funds, begins.
May 4 – The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) was founded in Vienna by law students from Austria, West Germany, Poland and Hu... |
1981_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, the first recognized cases of AIDS.
June 6 – Bihar train disaster: Seven coaches of an overcrow... |
1981_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – Wonderland murders: The Wonderland Gang of cocaine dealers is brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Eddie Nash is suspected of involvement, but will never be convicted.
July 3 – The Toxteth riots in Liverpool, England, start after a mob prevents a youth from being arrested. Shortly afterward, th... |
1981_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – The first 24-hour video music channel MTV (Music Television) is launched in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
August 9 – 1981 Major League Baseball strike ends in the United States, and Major League Baseball resumes with the All-Sta... |
1981_8 | Section: September (2):
September – Little Miss Bossy, the first book in the Little Miss series (the female counterpart to the Mr. Men series) is first published, in the U.K.
September 1 – Gregorio Conrado Álvarez is inaugurated as a military de facto President of Uruguay.
September 4 – An explosion at a mine in Záluží... |
1981_9 | Section: October (2):
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.
October 14 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elec... |
1981_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1 – Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
November 9 – Slavery in Mauritania is abolished by Edict No. 81-234.
November 12 – The Church of England General Synod votes to admit women to holy orders.
November 22 – The Edmonton Eskimos (14–1–1) barely stave off defe... |
1981_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – An Inex-Adria Aviopromet McDonnell Douglas MD-80 strikes a mountain peak and crashes while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
December 4 – South Africa grants Ciskei independence, not recognized outside South Africa.
December 7 – Rotary Internati... |
1982_0 | 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade. |
1982_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
January 18 – 19... |
1982_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation.
February 2 – The Hama massacre begins in Syria.
February 3 – Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood.
February 5 – London-based Laker Airways collapses, leaving... |
1982_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2 – Decentralisation in France: the Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative regions of France (régions).
March 9 – Charles Haughey becomes Taoiseach of Ireland.
March 10
The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan state-sponsored terrorism.
Syzygy: All... |
1982_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands begins when Argentine forces land near Stanley, beginning the Falklands War.
April 2 – Rex Hunt, the British governor of the Falkland Islands, surrenders the islands to Argentine forces, leading to their occupation.
April 3 – Invasion of the Falkla... |
1982_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, which is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend during its 6-month run.
May 2
Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argen... |
1982_5 | Section: June (2):
June 6 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from... |
1982_6 | Section: July (2):
July 4 – Four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped upon Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
July 6 – A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.
July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Boeing 727) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 ... |
1982_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Attempted coup against the government of Daniel Arap Moi in Kenya.
August 2 – The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system in Finland, opens to the general public.
August 4 – The United Nations Security Council votes to censure Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.
August... |
1982_8 | Section: September (2):
September 14
Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut.
Princess Grace of Monaco dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously.
September 18
A Lebanese Christian militia (the Phalange) kill thousands of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in... |
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