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1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Events
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January
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February
February 8 - Twenty fans of the Greek Olympiacos FC are killed and 54 injured after a stampede at the Karaiskaki Stadium in Pireus. The deadly incident most likely occurred because Gate 7 of the stadium did not open immediately after the end of the game.
February 24 - Shortly before 11 p.m. local time, a powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Athens, killing 16 people, most of whom die because of related heart attacks. The quake's epicentre is located in the eastern Corinthian Gulf, near the tiny Alkyonides Islands, approximately 60 Km west of the city. Dozens of buildings collapse in the nearby towns of Loutraki, Kiato and Xylocastro. A 6.4 magnitude aftershock that strikes the area a few hours later, at 4:30 a.m local time, results in the damage or collapse of an additional number of buildings in the previously mentioned towns.
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March
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March 7 - Colombian guerillas execute U.S. Bible translator Chester Allen Bitterman for being a CIA agent.
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April
April 15 - The Australian Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock resigns from the cabinet, accusing Prime Minister Fraser of gross disloyalty.
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May
May 15 - Donna Payant is murdered by serial killer Lemuel Smith - the first time a female prison officer has been killed on-duty in the United States.
May 26 - The Italian government resigns over its links to the fascist Masonic cell P-2.
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June
June 6 - Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the River Kosi in Bihar, India - about 800 die.
June 29 - Morris Edwin Robert, armed with a machine gun, holds hostages in the FBI section at the Atlanta, Georgia Federal Building. After 3 hours the hostages are rescued and Robert is shot (dead?).
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July
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August
August 11 - The original Model 5150 IBM PC with a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor was released in the United States at a base price of $1,565.
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September
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October
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November
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December
Syrian intelligence is blamed.
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Unknown Dates
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Births
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Deaths
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January-April
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May-August
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September-October
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November-December
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Nobel prizes
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Templeton Prize
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See also
av:1981
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