Page 9: Historical Events In 1981
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 30 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers 


May 30 Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated. 


Jun 01 Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97. 


Jun 02 Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be. 


Jun 03 Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76 


Jun 03 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after attempt on life. 


Jun 04 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2494 Inge, #2797 Teucer, #2870 Haupt, #3169 Ostro and #3726 


Jun 05 Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS). 


Jun 05 In this year, George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England" 


Jun 05 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies. 


Jun 07 Iraq's only nuclear reactor is destroyed by Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers. 


Jun 09 Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63. 


Jun 10 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail. 


Jun 10 Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68. 


Jun 11 Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73 


Jun 11 Golbaf earthquake in Iran killing 3000 people. 


Jun 11 Southern Iran a 6.9 quake killed 3000 with many injured, and extensive damage in Kerman Province. 


Jun 12 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 


Jun 13 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany 


Jun 13 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II. 


Jun 13 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow" 


Jun 14 In this year, The French Socialist Party claims landslide presidential vote 


Jun 16 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered. 


Jun 19 Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified 


Jun 19 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit. 


Jun 19 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, S Africa. 


Jun 19 India's APPLE satellite, inaugural to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched. 


Jun 21 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24000 


Jun 21 Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday 


Jun 22 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2. 


Jun 22 John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon. 


Jun 22 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies 


Jun 22 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. 


Jun 23 Amanda Maccaro is recorded as becoming inaugural American to win Russian Ballet Competition. 


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