February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of death July 21, 1981
The temperature on July 21, 1981 was between 12.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
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