1981

This page lists news articles and events for the year 1981.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

Undated

January

February

March

  • March 30:
    • Event: President Ronald Reagan and aide James Brady shot and wounded by would-be assassin John Hinckley. Secretary of Defense Al Haig claims to be in charge. The Academy Awards banquet, scheduled for that night, is postponed.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • October 31:
    • Fiction: The Dark Wizard Voldemort attempts to kill the infant Harry Potter; he fails and is himself nearly destroyed and is believed my many to be dead.

November

December

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