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1981 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1981 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1981
- February 5, 1981 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- February 6, 1981 – The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
- February 10, 1981 – A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel–casino kills eight and injures 198.
- April 9, 1981 – The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
- April 27, 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
- May 6, 1981 – A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
- September 15, 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
- November 30, 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
- December 14, 1981 – Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel’s Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
- December 19, 1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
Who Were Born On 1981?
- February 16, 1981 – Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
- February 19, 1981 – Gil Reyes, American boxer
- April 3, 1981 – Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player (Suburban Legends)
- April 8, 1981 – Taylor Kitsch, Canadian model, actor, and director
- May 5, 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model
- May 10, 1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
- June 30, 1981 – Tom Burke, English actor
- July 2, 1981 – Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- August 31, 1981 – Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver
- December 23, 1981 – Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (d. 2011)