April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
Day of death November 5, 1981
The temperature on November 5, 1981 was between 1.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 19 » Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
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