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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
- January 15, 1981 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
- 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.
- March 6, 1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
- May 21, 1981 – The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
- June 16, 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada’s former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979-81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
- October 14, 1981 – Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
- October 20, 1981 – Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, New York, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
- December 19, 1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
- December 31, 1981 – A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann’s PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
Who Were Born On 1981?
- February 1, 1981 – Rob Austin, English race car driver
- April 6, 1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player
- April 10, 1981 – Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
- April 16, 1981 – Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
- May 2, 1981 – Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- May 15, 1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
- June 26, 1981 – Paolo Cannavaro, Italian footballer
- July 13, 1981 – Olavi Louhivuori, Finnish drummer
- August 8, 1981 – Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Tanpopo, and Dream Morning Musume)
- August 25, 1981 – Clare Oliver, Australian activist (d. 2007)