21 January 1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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19 July 1981
In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing…
6 June 1981
Bihar train disaster: A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati River. The government places…
27 April 1981
Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse’]
30 March 1981
U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same…
6 October 1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Anwar_Sadat’]
7 June 1981
The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. Operation Opera, also known as Operation Babylon, was a surprise Israeli air strike…
27 April 1981
Xerox introduces the first computer mouse. On April 27, 1981, the Xerox marketing team introduced the 8010 Star Information System to the public, the first…
1 February 1981
Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in was has…
11 January 1981
Production of the DeLorean sports car starts in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The DeLorean DMC-12 was the only model ever produced by the company,…