February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death October 21, 1981
The temperature on October 21, 1981 was between 2.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
June 7 » The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
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