1981

1981 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1981 ; MCMLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	2734
Armenian calendar	1430 ; ?? ???
Assyrian calendar	6731
Baha'i calendar	137?138
Balinese saka calendar	1902?1903
Bengali calendar	1388
Berber calendar	2931
British Regnal year	29 Eliz. 2 ? 30 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2525
Burmese calendar	1343
Byzantine calendar	7489?7490
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey ) ; 4677 or 4617 ; ? to ? ; 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster ) ; 4678 or 4618
Coptic calendar	1697?1698
Discordian calendar	3147
Ethiopian calendar	1973?1974
Hebrew calendar	5741?5742
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2037?2038
- Shaka Samvat	1902?1903
- Kali Yuga	5081?5082
Holocene calendar	11981
Igbo calendar	981?982
Iranian calendar	1359?1360
Islamic calendar	1401?1402
Japanese calendar	Sh?wa 56 ; (昭和５６年)
Javanese calendar	1913?1914
Juche calendar	70
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4314
Minguo calendar	ROC 70 ; 民國70年
Nanakshahi calendar	513
Thai solar calendar	2524
Tibetan calendar	?金?年 ; (male Iron- Monkey ) ; 2107 or 1726 or 954 ; ? to ? ; ?金?年 ; (female Iron- Rooster ) ; 2108 or 1727 or 955
Unix time	347155200 ? 378691199

Millennium :	2nd millennium
Centuries :	19th century ? 20th century ? 21st century
Decades :	1950s 1960s 1970s ? 1980s ? 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years :	1978 1979 1980 ? 1981 ? 1982 1983 1984

1981 ( MCMLXXXI ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium , the 81st year of the 20th century , and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.

Events [ change | change source ]

January 20 ? Hostages from the Iran hostage crisis are released at the same time when Ronald Reagan is inaugurated for the first time as President of the United States .
January 21 ? The first DeLorean automotive is released in Northern Ireland .
January 27 ? The Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 catches fire and capsizes in the Java Sea , killing 580.
January 29 ? Adolfo Suarez resigns as Prime Minister of Spain .
February 4 ? Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway .
February 8 ? Polish Prime Minister Jozef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski .
February 25 ? Adolfo Suarez leaves his office as Prime Minister of Spain .
March 30 ? Shortly after being inaugurated, John Hinckley, Jr. tries to assassinate President Ronald Reagan . He survives the attack.
May 11 ? Jamaican singer Bob Marley dies from cancer at the age of 36.
July 9 - Donkey Kong , a Nintendo arcade game , was released in Japan
July 29 ? Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles , Prince of Wales.
September ? Little Miss Bossy , the first book in the Little Miss series (the female counterpart to the Mr. Men series) is first published.
November 9 ? Celine Dion 's first album is released in Canada .

May 3 ? Nargis , Indian actress (b. 1929 )
May 11 ? Bob Marley , Jamaican reggae musician (b. 1945 )
May 18 ? Arthur O'Connell , American actor, acting on stage, film and television (b. 1908 )
May 28 ? Stefan Wyszy?ski , Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1901 )
May 29 ? Soong Ching-ling , Chinese political figure and spouse of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1893 )
May 30 ? Sven Andersson , Swedish footballer (b. 1907 )
May 30 ? Ziaur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (b. 1936 )
May 31 ? Gyula Lorant , Hungarian footballer (b. 1923 )
May 31 ? Giuseppe Pella , Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1902 )

July 3 ? Ross Martin , Polish-born American radio, stage, film and television actor (b. 1920 )
July 7 ? Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi , President of South Yemen (b. 1920 )
July 27 ? William Wyler , French-American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1902 )
July 29 ? Robert Moses , American urban planner (b. 1888 )