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<span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>Date unknown</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births_and_deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births_and_deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Births and deaths</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Births_and_deaths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nobel_Prizes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nobel_Prizes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Nobel Prizes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nobel_Prizes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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Available in 202 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-202" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">202 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1981 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1981 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1981 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1981 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="1981 сон – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="1981 сон" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B8%DB%B1_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۹۸۱ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۹۸۱ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%A7" title="১৯৮১ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৯৮১" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_n%C3%AE" title="1981 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1981 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1981 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="1981 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A9%E0%BC%A8%E0%BC%A1" title="༡༩༨༡ – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༡༩༨༡" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981." title="1981. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1981." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1981 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1981 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B8%DB%B1" title="۱۹۸۱ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۹۸۱" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E5%B9%B4" title="1981年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1981年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981-ngi%C3%A8n" title="1981-ngièn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="1981-ngièn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%EB%85%84" title="1981년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1981년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A7" title="१९८१ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१९८१" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981." title="1981. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1981." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%A7" title="মারি ১৯৮১ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৯৮১" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1981-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1981-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AF%E0%B3%AE%E0%B3%A7" title="೧೯೮೧ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೯೮೧" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1981 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1981 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1981 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1981 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="1981-ӧд во – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="1981-ӧд во" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1981 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1981 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B8" title="1981 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1981 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981._gads" title="1981. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1981. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1981 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1981 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_m." title="1981 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1981 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981moi" title="1981moi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="1981moi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A7" title="१९८१ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१९८१" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A7" title="इ.स. १९८१ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १९८१" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B8%DB%B1" title="۱۹۸۱ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۹۸۱" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1981 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1981 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="1981 он – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="1981 он" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%89%E1%81%88%E1%81%81" title="၁၉၈၁ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၉၈၁" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E5%B9%B4" title="1981年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1981年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D1%88%D0%BE" title="1981 шо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="1981 шо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AF%E0%AD%AE%E0%AD%A7" title="୧୯୮୧ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୯୮୧" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AE%E0%A5%A7" title="१९८१ – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१९८१" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joohr_1981" title="Joohr 1981 – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Joohr 1981" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17506997 badge-featuredlist mw-list-item" title="featured list badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1981 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1981 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1981 сыл – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1981 сыл" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%D8%B9" title="1981ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1981ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A9%D9%A8%D9%A1" title="١٩٨١ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٩٨١" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1981 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1981 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2524" title="พ.ศ. 2524 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2524" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1981" title="Соли 1981 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1981" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_%D0%B0%D1%80" title="1981 ар – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="1981 ар" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%D8%A1" title="1981ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="1981ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_-_%D9%8A%D9%89%D9%84%D9%89" title="1981 - يىلى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="1981 - يىلى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_nienz" title="1981 nienz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="1981 nienz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 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data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E5%B9%B4" title="1981年 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="1981年" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981 – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="1981" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" 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calendar</a></td><td>137–138</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1902–1903</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1388</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2931</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">British Regnal year</a></td><td>29 <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Eliz. 2</a> – 30 <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Eliz. 2</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2525</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>1343</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7489–7490</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">庚申</a>年 (Metal <a href="/wiki/Monkey_(zodiac)" title="Monkey (zodiac)">Monkey</a>)<br />4678 or 4471<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />辛酉年 (Metal <a href="/wiki/Rooster_(zodiac)" title="Rooster (zodiac)">Rooster</a>)<br />4679 or 4472</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1697–1698</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>3147</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1973–1974</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5741–5742</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>2037–2038</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1902–1903</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>5081–5082</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11981</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>981–982</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar</a></td><td>1359–1360</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a></td><td>1401–1402</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calendar" title="Japanese calendar">Japanese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_(1926%E2%80%931989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shōwa (1926–1989)">Shōwa</a> 56<br />(昭和５６年)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_calendar" title="Javanese calendar">Javanese calendar</a></td><td>1913–1914</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Juche_calendar" title="Juche calendar">Juche calendar</a></td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a></td><td>Gregorian minus 13 days</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a></td><td>4314</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Minguo_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Minguo calendar">Minguo calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">ROC</a> 70<br />民國70年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>513</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2524</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan 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href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">MCMLXXXI</a>) was a <a href="/wiki/Common_year_starting_on_Thursday" title="Common year starting on Thursday">common year starting on Thursday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, the 1981st year of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> (CE) and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a></i></span> (AD) designations, the 981st year of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 81st year of the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a>, and the 2nd year of the <a href="/wiki/1980s" title="1980s">1980s</a> decade. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1119456059">.mw-parser-output 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/January_1981" title="January 1981">January 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> enters the <a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Community" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a>, predecessor of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau" title="Palau">Palau</a> becomes a self-governing territory.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_6" title="January 6">January 6</a> – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral <a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Doenitz</a> following his death on December 24.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War" title="Salvadoran Civil War">Salvadoran Civil War</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Farabundo_Mart%C3%AD_National_Liberation_Front" title="Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front">FMLN</a> launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of <a href="/wiki/Moraz%C3%A1n_Department" title="Morazán Department">Morazán</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chalatenango_Department" title="Chalatenango Department">Chalatenango</a> departments.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> receives a <a href="/wiki/Delegation" title="Delegation">delegation</a> led by Polish <a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)" title="Solidarity (Polish trade union)">Solidarity</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa" title="Lech Wałęsa">Lech Wałęsa</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Twierdochlebow1985_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Twierdochlebow1985-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> is <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="First inauguration of Ronald Reagan">sworn in</a> as the 40th President of the United States, ending the <a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a> – The first <a href="/wiki/DMC_DeLorean" title="DMC DeLorean">DeLorean</a> automobile, a <a href="/wiki/Stainless_steel" title="Stainless steel">stainless steel</a> <a href="/wiki/Sports_car" title="Sports car">sports car</a> with <a href="/wiki/Gull-wing_doors" class="mw-redirect" title="Gull-wing doors">gull-wing doors</a>, rolls off the <a href="/wiki/Production_line" title="Production line">production line</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dunmurry" title="Dunmurry">Dunmurry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – An <a href="/wiki/1981_Dawu_earthquake" title="1981 Dawu earthquake">earthquake</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Ms" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000024-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Surface-wave mag.">M<sub>s</sub></span></a>6.8 magnitude in <a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a>, China, kills 150 people. Japan suffers a less serious earthquake on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – In South Africa the largest part of the town <a href="/wiki/Laingsburg,_Western_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Laingsburg, Western Cape">Laingsburg</a> is swept away within minutes by one of the strongest floods ever experienced in the <a href="/wiki/Karoo" title="Karoo">Great Karoo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesian</a> passenger ship <i><a href="/wiki/Tampomas_II" title="Tampomas II">Tampomas II</a></i> catches fire and capsizes in the <a href="/wiki/Java_Sea" title="Java Sea">Java Sea</a>, killing 580 people.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/February_1981" title="February 1981">February 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gro_Harlem_Brundtland" title="Gro Harlem Brundtland">Gro Harlem Brundtland</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Norway" title="Prime Minister of Norway">Prime Minister of Norway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a> – In Greece, 20 fans of <a href="/wiki/Olympiacos_F.C." title="Olympiacos F.C.">Olympiacos F.C.</a> and 1 fan of <a href="/wiki/AEK_Athens_F.C." title="AEK Athens F.C.">AEK Athens</a> die, while 54 are injured, after a stampede at the <a href="/wiki/Karaiskakis_Stadium" title="Karaiskakis Stadium">Karaiskakis Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a>, possibly because Gate 7 does not open immediately after the end of the game.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – Polish Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%84kowski" title="Józef Pińkowski">Józef Pińkowski</a> resigns and is replaced by General <a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stardust_fire" title="Stardust fire">Stardust fire</a>: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in <a href="/wiki/Artane,_Dublin" title="Artane, Dublin">Artane, Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, in the early hours kills 48 young people and injures 214.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024 these will be declared as <a href="/wiki/Unlawful_killing" title="Unlawful killing">unlawful killings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a>–<a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> visits the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Spanish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt">1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt</a> ("23-F"): <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Tejero" title="Antonio Tejero">Antonio Tejero</a>, with members of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Guard_(Spain)" title="Civil Guard (Spain)">Guardia Civil</a>, enters the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of Deputies (Spain)">Spanish Congress of Deputies</a> and stops the session where <a href="/wiki/Leopoldo_Calvo-Sotelo" title="Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo">Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo</a> is about to be named president of the government. The coup fails after being denounced by King <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_I_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Carlos I of Spain">Juan Carlos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a> – A powerful <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Ms" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Surface-wave mag.">M<sub>s</sub></span></a>6.7 magnitude earthquake hits <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, killing 22 people, injuring 400 people and destroying several buildings and 4,000 houses, mostly in <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a> and the nearby towns of <a href="/wiki/Loutraki" title="Loutraki">Loutraki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiato" title="Kiato">Kiato</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xylokastro" title="Xylokastro">Xylokastro</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/March_1981" title="March 1981">March 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike" title="1981 Irish hunger strike">1981 Irish hunger strike</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Sands" title="Bobby Sands">Bobby Sands</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> member, begins a <a href="/wiki/Hunger_strike" title="Hunger strike">hunger strike</a> for <a href="/wiki/Political_status" title="Political status">political status</a> at <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Maze" title="HM Prison Maze">HM Prison Maze</a> (Long Kesh) in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, dying on <a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a>, the first of 7 IRA and 3 INLA hunger strikers to die.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chilean</a> military dictator <a href="/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet" title="Augusto Pinochet">Augusto Pinochet</a> is sworn in as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Chile" title="President of Chile">President of Chile</a> for another 8-year term.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – In Italy, the <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Due" title="Propaganda Due">Propaganda Due</a> <a href="/wiki/Masonic_lodge" title="Masonic lodge">Masonic lodge</a> is discovered.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_19" title="March 19">March 19</a> – Two or three workers are killed and four are injured during a ground test of <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Space Shuttle <i>Columbia</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> – The first <a href="/wiki/London_Marathon" title="London Marathon">London Marathon</a> starts, with 7,500 runners.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan">Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan</a>: U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by <a href="/wiki/John_Hinckley_Jr." title="John Hinckley Jr.">John Hinckley Jr.</a>; two police officers and Press Secretary <a href="/wiki/James_Brady" title="James Brady">James Brady</a> are also wounded.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/April_1981" title="April 1981">April 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – UK pop group <a href="/wiki/Bucks_Fizz_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucks Fizz (band)">Bucks Fizz</a>'s song "<a href="/wiki/Making_Your_Mind_Up" title="Making Your Mind Up">Making Your Mind Up</a>" wins the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1981" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1981">1981 Eurovision Song Contest</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_11" title="April 11">April 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Brixton_riot" title="1981 Brixton riot">1981 Brixton riot</a>: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> program: <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Space Shuttle <i>Columbia</i></a>, with <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> astronauts <a href="/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)" title="John Young (astronaut)">John Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Crippen" title="Robert Crippen">Robert Crippen</a>, launches on the <a href="/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a> mission, returning to Earth on <a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a>. It is the first time a crewed reusable spacecraft has returned from orbit.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg/150px-Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg/225px-Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg/300px-Space_Shuttle_Columbia_launching.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6084" data-file-height="6084" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a>: First <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle</a> launch: <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia"><i>Columbia</i></a>, April 12, 1981</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_15" title="April 15">April 15</a> – The first <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> bottling plant in China is opened.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> game between the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/McCoy_Stadium" title="McCoy Stadium">McCoy Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket,_Rhode_Island" title="Pawtucket, Rhode Island">Pawtucket, Rhode Island</a>, becomes the <a href="/wiki/Longest_professional_baseball_game" title="Longest professional baseball game">longest professional baseball game</a> in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes/33 innings (the 33rd inning is not played until <a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_26" title="April 26">April 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_French_presidential_election" title="1981 French presidential election">French presidential election</a>: A first-round runoff results between <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d%27Estaing" title="Valéry Giscard d'Estaing">Valéry Giscard d'Estaing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand" title="François Mitterrand">François Mitterrand</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/May_1981" title="May 1981">May 1981</a></div> <ul><li>May – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_K._Ludwig" title="Daniel K. Ludwig">Daniel K. Ludwig</a> abandons the <a href="/wiki/Jari_project" title="Jari project">Jari project</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_basin" title="Amazon basin">Amazon basin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pensions_in_Chile" title="Pensions in Chile">Pensions in Chile</a>: The new <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chilean</a> pension system, based on private <a href="/wiki/Pension_fund" title="Pension fund">pension funds</a>, begins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_4" title="May 4">May 4</a> – The <a href="/wiki/European_Law_Students%27_Association" title="European Law Students' Association">European Law Students' Association</a> (ELSA) was founded in Vienna by law students from Austria, West Germany, Poland and Hungary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects <a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Lin</a>'s design for the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial" title="Vietnam Veterans Memorial">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, from among 1,421 other entries.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – The Jamaican <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a> dies at age 36 from <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_assassination_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John Paul II assassination attempt">Pope John Paul II assassination attempt</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> is shot by <a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Ali_A%C4%9Fca" title="Mehmet Ali Ağca">Mehmet Ali Ağca</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> gunman, as he enters <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Square" title="St. Peter's Square">St. Peter's Square</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> to address a general audience. The Pope recovers.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – A prison officer, 31-year-old <a href="/wiki/Donna_Payant" class="mw-redirect" title="Donna Payant">Donna Payant</a>, disappears at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York. She is later found to have been murdered by convicted serial killer <a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Smith" title="Lemuel Smith">Lemuel Smith</a>. It is the first time a female prison officer has been killed while on duty in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_21" title="May 21">May 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand" title="François Mitterrand">François Mitterrand</a> becomes the first socialist President of the <a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">French Fifth Republic</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – Serial killer <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe" title="Peter Sutcliffe">Peter Sutcliffe</a> is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 counts of murder and 7 of attempted murder in England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">Gulf Cooperation Council</a> is created among <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> – The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Due" title="Propaganda Due">Propaganda Due</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladeshi</a> President <a href="/wiki/Ziaur_Rahman" title="Ziaur Rahman">Ziaur Rahman</a> is assassinated in <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning of Jaffna library">Burning of Jaffna library</a>, one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the century.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/June_1981" title="June 1981">June 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention" title="Centers for Disease Control and Prevention">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> in the United States report that five <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> men in Los Angeles have a rare form of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> seen only in patients with weakened <a href="/wiki/Immune_system" title="Immune system">immune systems</a>, the first recognized cases of <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bihar_train_disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar train disaster">Bihar train disaster</a>: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the <a href="/wiki/Bagmati_River" title="Bagmati River">Bagmati River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, India, killing between 500 and 800.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> destroys <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Osirak" class="mw-redirect" title="Osirak">Osirak</a> nuclear reactor, killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – 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 60 meters (200 ft).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – At the <a href="/wiki/Trooping_the_Colour" title="Trooping the Colour">Trooping the Colour</a> ceremony in London, teenager <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Sarjeant" title="Marcus Sarjeant">Marcus Sarjeant</a> fires 6 blank shots close to Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>, startling her horse.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of Eastern Caribbean States">Organization of Eastern Caribbean States</a> is founded.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk</a> Stealth Fighter makes its first flight at <a href="/wiki/Groom_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Groom Lake">Groom Lake</a> (<a href="/wiki/Area_51" title="Area 51">Area 51</a>), Nevada.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> – Iranian president <a href="/wiki/Abolhassan_Banisadr" title="Abolhassan Banisadr">Abolhassan Banisadr</a> is deposed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> <ul><li>The first game of paintball is played, in <a href="/wiki/Henniker,_New_Hampshire" title="Henniker, New Hampshire">Henniker, New Hampshire</a>, United States.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/E-mu_Emulator" title="E-mu Emulator">E-mu Emulator</a> sampler keyboard with floppy disk operation is unveiled at NAMM international Sound & Music Expo, Chicago. Production Model Serial Number 001 is issued to <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/July_1981" title="July 1981">July 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wonderland_murders" title="Wonderland murders">Wonderland murders</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Wonderland_Gang" title="Wonderland Gang">Wonderland Gang</a> of cocaine dealers is brutally murdered in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Nash" title="Eddie Nash">Eddie Nash</a> is suspected of involvement, but will never be convicted.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Toxteth_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Toxteth riots">Toxteth riots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, England, start after a mob saves a youth from being arrested. Shortly afterward, the <a href="/wiki/Chapeltown_riots_(1981)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapeltown riots (1981)">Chapeltown riots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> start amid increased racial tension.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – United States President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> nominates the first woman, <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">Sandra Day O'Connor</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donkey Kong (arcade game)">Donkey Kong</a></i> is released, marking the first <i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong" title="Donkey Kong">Donkey Kong</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Mario" title="Mario">Mario</a> smash hit arcade game developed by <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> in Japan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad" title="Mahathir Mohamad">Mahathir Mohamad</a> becomes the 4th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia" title="Prime Minister of Malaysia">Prime Minister of Malaysia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Handsworth_riots" title="1981 Handsworth riots">1981 Handsworth riots</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> begin, followed by further <a href="/wiki/1981_England_riots" title="1981 England riots">1981 England riots</a> in several urban areas including <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a>–<a href="/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">21</a> – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the <a href="/wiki/Follow-on" title="Follow-on">follow-on</a> when they beat Australia by 18 runs at <a href="/wiki/Headingley" title="Headingley">Headingley</a> cricket ground, Leeds, England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse" title="Hyatt Regency walkway collapse">Hyatt Regency walkway collapse</a>: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, collapse into a crowded atrium lobby, killing 114.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> aircraft bomb <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War#Israeli_bombing_of_Beirut" title="Lebanese Civil War">destroying multi-story apartment blocks</a> containing the offices of <a href="/wiki/PLO" class="mw-redirect" title="PLO">PLO</a>-associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_19" title="July 19">July 19</a> – The <a href="/wiki/1981_Springbok_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Springbok Tour">1981 Springbok Tour</a> commences in New Zealand, amid controversy over the support of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">July 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Panda" class="mw-redirect" title="Panda">Panda</a> <a href="/wiki/Tohui" title="Tohui">Tohui</a> is born in <a href="/wiki/Chapultepec_Zoo" title="Chapultepec Zoo">Chapultepec Zoo</a> in Mexico City, the first panda to ever be born and survive in captivity outside of China.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">July 29</a> – A worldwide television audience of over 750 million people watch the <a href="/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Charles_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer" title="Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer">Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> in London, UK.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Polish_hunger_demonstrations" title="1981 Polish hunger demonstrations">1981 Polish hunger demonstrations</a>: As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, take to the streets in <a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA" title="Łódź">Łódź</a> to protest about food ration shortages in <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">Communist Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/August_1981" title="August 1981">August 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – The first 24-hour video music channel <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> (Music Television) is launched in the United States and airs its first video, "<a href="/wiki/Video_Killed_the_Radio_Star" title="Video Killed the Radio Star">Video Killed the Radio Star</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Buggles" title="The Buggles">The Buggles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_strike" title="1981 Major League Baseball strike">1981 Major League Baseball strike</a> ends in the United States, and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> resumes with the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Municipal Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – The original Model 5150 <a href="/wiki/IBM_PC" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM PC">IBM PC</a> (with a 4.77 MHz <a href="/wiki/Intel_8088" title="Intel 8088">Intel 8088</a> processor) is released in the United States at a base price of $1,565.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra_incident_(1981)" title="Gulf of Sidra incident (1981)">Gulf of Sidra incident</a>: <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libyan</a> president <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a> sends two <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-22" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhoi Su-22">Sukhoi Su-22</a> fighter jets to intercept two U.S. Navy fighters over the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra" title="Gulf of Sidra">Gulf of Sidra</a>. The U.S. jets destroy the Libyan fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – South African troops attack <a href="/wiki/SWAPO" title="SWAPO">SWAPO</a> bases in <a href="/wiki/Xangongo" title="Xangongo">Xangongo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ongiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Ongiva">Ongiva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Protea" title="Operation Protea">Operation Protea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mark_David_Chapman" title="Mark David Chapman">Mark David Chapman</a> is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> eight months earlier.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a> – North Korea fires a surface-to-air missile at a U.S. SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flying in South Korean and international airspace. The missile misses and the airplane is unharmed.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Iranian_Prime_Minister%27s_office_bombing" title="1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing">1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing</a>: Eight people, including the country's president and prime minister, are killed when a briefcase, planted by <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Mujahedin_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Mujahedin of Iran">People's Mujahedin of Iran</a>, explodes in the building.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_31" title="August 31">August 31</a> – A bomb explodes at the United States <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a> in West Germany, injuring 20 people.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/September_1981" title="September 1981">September 1981</a></div> <ul><li>September – <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Bossy" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Miss Bossy">Little Miss Bossy</a></i>, the first book in the <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Little_Miss_characters" title="List of Little Miss characters">Little Miss</a></i> series (the female counterpart to the <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Men" title="Mr. Men">Mr. Men</a></i> series) is first published.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Conrado_%C3%81lvarez" title="Gregorio Conrado Álvarez">Gregorio Conrado Álvarez</a> is inaugurated as a military <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Uruguay" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Uruguay">de facto President of Uruguay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_4" title="September 4">September 4</a> – An <a href="/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll#Coal_mine_disasters" title="List of accidents and disasters by death toll">explosion at a mine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%A1lu%C5%BE%C3%AD_(Beroun_District)" title="Záluží (Beroun District)">Záluží</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, kills 65 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> – British plantation company <a href="/wiki/Guthrie_(company)" title="Guthrie (company)">Guthrie</a> is taken over by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malaysia" title="Government of Malaysia">Malaysian government</a> after successfully purchasing shares to become the major shareholder. This is famously called the 'Dawn Raid attack'.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Picasso" class="mw-redirect" title="Picasso">Picasso</a>'s painting <i><a href="/wiki/Guernica_(Picasso)" title="Guernica (Picasso)">Guernica</a></i> is moved from New York to <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">September 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita" title="Our Lady of Akita">Our Lady of Akita</a> in Japan cries for the last time, on the Feast of <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows" title="Our Lady of Sorrows">Our Lady of Sorrows</a>.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/John_Bull_(locomotive)" title="John Bull (locomotive)">John Bull</a></i> becomes the oldest operable <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, D.C.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ric_Flair" title="Ric Flair">Ric Flair</a> defeats Dusty Rhodes to win his first World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – France's National Assembly votes to abolish <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_France" title="Capital punishment in France">Capital punishment in France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_19" title="September 19">September 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Solidarity_Day_march" title="Solidarity Day march">Solidarity Day march</a>, in support of organized labor, draws approximately 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – The overcrowded ferry boat <i><a href="/wiki/Sobral_Santos_II" title="Sobral Santos II">Sobral Santos II</a></i> capsizes in the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_River" title="Amazon River">Amazon River</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%93bidos,_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Óbidos, Brazil">Ób</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%93bidos,_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Óbidos, Brazil">idos, Brazil</a>, killing at least 300 people.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT1981_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1981-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>, formerly <a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">British Honduras</a>, gains its independence from the United Kingdom.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">Northrop F-5</a> <a href="/wiki/Pancark%C3%B6y_air_disaster" title="Pancarköy air disaster">crashes</a> during a <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">military exercise</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Babaeski" title="Babaeski">Babaeski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, killing 1 crew and 65 soldiers on ground.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_25" title="September 25">September 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">Sandra Day O'Connor</a> takes her seat as the first female justice of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Boeing_767" title="Boeing 767">Boeing 767</a> airliner makes its first flight.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Tower" title="Sydney Tower">Sydney Tower</a> opens to the public in Australia.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/TGV" title="TGV">TGV</a> high-speed rail service between Paris and <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, France, begins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_29" title="September 29">29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>: Iranian forces break the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Abadan" title="Siege of Abadan">Siege of Abadan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Samen-ol-A%27emeh" title="Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh">Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/October_1981" title="October 1981">October 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" title="Raoul Wallenberg">Raoul Wallenberg</a> posthumously becomes an honorary citizen of the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a> – Egyptian President <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Sadat" title="Anwar Sadat">Anwar Sadat</a> is assassinated during a military parade.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_10" title="October 10">October 10</a> – The Ministry for Education of Japan issues the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_kanji" title="Jōyō kanji">jōyō kanji</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – Vice President <a href="/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Hosni Mubarak</a> is elected President of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, one week after the assassination of <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Sadat" title="Anwar Sadat">Anwar Sadat</a> during a parade, by servicemen who belong to the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Islamic_Jihad" title="Egyptian Islamic Jihad">Islamic Jihad</a> organization led by <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Islambouli" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalid Islambouli">Khalid Islambouli</a> and oppose his negotiations with <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – Gas explosions at a coal mine at Hokutan, <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABbari,_Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Yūbari, Hokkaidō">Yūbari, Hokkaidō</a>, Japan, kill 93 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_21" title="October 21">October 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Papandreou" title="Andreas Papandreou">Andreas Papandreou</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">Prime Minister of Greece</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – The founding congress of the <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_and_Peasants_Organisation_(Hareram_Sharma)" title="Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (Hareram Sharma)">Nepal Workers and Peasants Organization</a> faction led by Hareram Sharma and D. P. Singh begins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_S-363" title="Soviet submarine S-363">Soviet submarine S-363</a> runs aground outside the <a href="/wiki/Karlskrona" title="Karlskrona">Karlskrona</a>, Sweden, military base, leading to a minor international incident.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/November_1981" title="November 1981">November 1981</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/150px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/225px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/300px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a>: <a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> gain <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">independence</a> from the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Mauritania" title="Slavery in Mauritania">Slavery in Mauritania</a> is abolished by Edict No. 81-234.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Synod" title="General Synod">General Synod</a> votes to admit women to holy orders.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a> (14–1–1) barely stave off defeat and win a record 4th consecutive <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/69th_Grey_Cup" title="69th Grey Cup">69th Grey Cup</a> at <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium" title="Olympic Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Rough_Riders" title="Ottawa Rough Riders">Ottawa Rough Riders</a> (5–11–0) with a score of 26–23 in the final three seconds, after being down 20–1 at halftime.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair" title="Iran–Contra affair">Iran–Contra affair</a>: U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> signs the <a href="/wiki/Classified_information" title="Classified information">top secret</a> National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), authorizing the <a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> to recruit and support <a href="/wiki/Contras" title="Contras">Contra</a> rebels in <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_tornado_outbreak" title="1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak">1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak</a>, the largest recorded <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak" title="Tornado outbreak">tornado outbreak</a> in European history.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">26</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Seychelles_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt">1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt</a>: A group of <a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">mercenaries</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hoare" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Hoare">Mike Hoare</a> take over <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9,_Seychelles" title="Mahé, Seychelles">Mahe</a> airport. Most of them escape by a commandeered <a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a> passenger jet; six are later arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/December_1981" title="December 1981">December 1981</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> – An <a href="/wiki/Adria_Airways" title="Adria Airways">Inex-Adria Aviopromet</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80" title="McDonnell Douglas MD-80">McDonnell Douglas MD-80</a> <a href="/wiki/Inex-Adria_Aviopromet_Flight_1308" title="Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308">strikes a mountain peak and crashes</a> while approaching <a href="/wiki/Ajaccio_Napoleon_Bonaparte_Airport" title="Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport">Ajaccio Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>, killing all 180 people on board.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_4" title="December 4">December 4</a> – South Africa grants <a href="/wiki/Ciskei" title="Ciskei">Ciskei</a> independence, not recognized outside South Africa.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">December 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rotary_International" title="Rotary International">Rotary International</a> charters the Rotary Club of Grand Baie, <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/No._21_Mine_explosion" title="No. 21 Mine explosion">No. 21 Mine explosion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Whitwell,_Tennessee" title="Whitwell, Tennessee">Whitwell, Tennessee</a>, kills 13.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Scargill" title="Arthur Scargill">Arthur Scargill</a> becomes President-elect of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)" title="National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)">National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_10" title="December 10">December 10</a> – During the Ministerial Session of the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Council" title="North Atlantic Council">North Atlantic Council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, Spain signs the <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO" title="Enlargement of NATO">Protocol of Accession</a> to <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a>: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a> loses to <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Berbick" title="Trevor Berbick">Trevor Berbick</a>; this proves to be Ali's last-ever fight.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Mozote_massacre" title="El Mozote massacre">El Mozote massacre</a>: In <a href="/wiki/El_Salvador" title="El Salvador">El Salvador</a>, army units kill 900 civilians.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a> declares <a href="/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland" title="Martial law in Poland">martial law in Poland</a>, to prevent the dismantling of the communist system by <a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)" title="Solidarity (Polish trade union)">Solidarity</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/1981_Iraqi_embassy_bombing_in_Beirut" title="1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut">1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut</a>: An <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Dawa_Party" title="Islamic Dawa Party">Islamic Dawa Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">car bomb</a> destroys the Iraqi Embassy in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, killing 61 people in one of the earliest significant postwar <a href="/wiki/Suicide_attack" title="Suicide attack">suicide attacks</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> – American Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/James_L._Dozier" title="James L. Dozier">James L. Dozier</a> is kidnapped in <a href="/wiki/Verona" title="Verona">Verona</a> by the Italian <a href="/wiki/Red_Brigades" title="Red Brigades">Red Brigades</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster" title="Penlee lifeboat disaster">Penlee lifeboat disaster</a>: While attempting to rescue those on board the <i>Union Star</i> off the coast of South-West <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> (England), the lifeboat <i>Solomon Browne</i> is lost with all crew. Sixteen people in all are killed.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – The first American <a href="/wiki/Test-tube_baby" class="mw-redirect" title="Test-tube baby">test-tube baby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Jordan_Carr" title="Elizabeth Jordan Carr">Elizabeth Jordan Carr</a>, is born in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> removes <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ghana" title="President of Ghana">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Hilla_Limann" title="Hilla Limann">Hilla Limann</a>'s <a href="/wiki/People%27s_National_Party_(Ghana)" title="People's National Party (Ghana)">PNP</a> <a href="/wiki/Limann_government" title="Limann government">government</a> and replaces it with the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_National_Defence_Council" title="Provisional National Defence Council">PNDC</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Flight_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight Lieutenant">Flight Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rawlings" title="Jerry Rawlings">Jerry Rawlings</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January to March – Heavy snow <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%94%E5%85%AD%E8%B1%AA%E9%9B%AA" class="extiw" title="ja:五六豪雪">causes several houses and buildings to collapse</a> in northwestern Japan; 152 are killed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> suffers a major outbreak of <a href="/wiki/Dengue_fever" title="Dengue fever">dengue fever</a>, with 344,203 cases.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Use of <a href="/wiki/Crack_cocaine" title="Crack cocaine">crack cocaine</a>, a smokeable form of the drug, first reported in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxor_AB" title="Luxor AB">Luxor AB</a> presents the <a href="/wiki/ABC_800" title="ABC 800">ABC 800</a> computer.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)" title="Polybius (urban legend)">Polybius</a></i>, an urban legend game, is said to have been released in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>; there is no evidence for its existence.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="State Council of the People's Republic of China">State Council of the People's Republic of China</a> lists the cities of Beijing, <a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suzhou" title="Suzhou">Suzhou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guilin" title="Guilin">Guilin</a> as those where the protection of historical and cultural heritage, as well as natural scenery, should be treated as a priority project.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepsi" title="Pepsi">Pepsi</a> enters <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Around the end of 1981, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> becomes the first country ever to reach a population of 1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births_and_deaths">Births and deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Births and deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Category:1981_births" title="Category:1981 births">Category:1981 births</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deaths_in_1981" title="Deaths in 1981">Deaths in 1981</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nobel_Prizes">Nobel Prizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Nobel Prizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/100px-Nobel_medal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/150px-Nobel_medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/200px-Nobel_medal.png 2x" data-file-width="1013" data-file-height="1013" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Physics</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolaas_Bloembergen" title="Nicolaas Bloembergen">Nicolaas Bloembergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Schawlow" title="Arthur Leonard Schawlow">Arthur Leonard Schawlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kai_Siegbahn" title="Kai Siegbahn">Kai Siegbahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Chemistry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenichi_Fukui" title="Kenichi Fukui">Kenichi Fukui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roald_Hoffmann" title="Roald Hoffmann">Roald Hoffmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Medicine</a> – <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wolcott_Sperry" title="Roger Wolcott Sperry">Roger Wolcott Sperry</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_H._Hubel" title="David H. Hubel">David H. Hubel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torsten_Wiesel" title="Torsten Wiesel">Torsten Wiesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Literature</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elias_Canetti" title="Elias Canetti">Elias Canetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Peace</a> – <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" title="Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences">Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Tobin" title="James Tobin">James Tobin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFederal_Trust_for_Education_and_Research2003" class="citation book cs1">Federal Trust for Education and Research (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pv6IAAAAMAAJ"><i>Guide to the EU Institutions</i></a>. 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Jane's. p. 205. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-0420-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-0420-0"><bdi>978-0-7106-0420-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Boeing&rft.pages=205&rft.pub=Jane%27s&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-7106-0420-0&rft.au=Michael+John+Haddrick+Taylor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdwYKAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1981" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_F._Hickman1982" class="citation book cs1">William F. 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