July 1981 calendar

July 1981
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1981.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1981: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1981?

Events

01 Jul 1981 NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen
02 Jul 1981 The Wonderland Gang is brutally murdered in a massacre involving Eddie Nash.
03 Jul 1981 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova
05 Jul 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson
07 Jul 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
08 Jul 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks / plane / steel industry in France
09 Jul 1981 Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
10 Jul 1981 CERN achieves first proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV).
11 Jul 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
12 Jul 1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
14 Jul 1981 US Senate confirms Donna Pope as US Mint director.
16 Jul 1981 India performs nuclear Test
17 Jul 1981 This is Burlesque closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 performances
18 Jul 1981 Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
19 Jul 1981 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George
20 Jul 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls
21 Jul 1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43
22 Jul 1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome court to life in prison.
24 Jul 1981 Mohammed Ali Rajai elected President of Iran
25 Jul 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.
26 Jul 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant
27 Jul 1981 6 year old Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh is kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks later.
29 Jul 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
30 Jul 1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism
31 Jul 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
07 Jul 1981 US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.