What Happened in 1981

1981 — year

Eurovision Song Contest 1981 — 26th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

1981 Formula One World Championship — sports season

1981–82 UEFA Cup — 11th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

EuroBasket 1981 — basketball championship

1981 in film — overview of the events of 1981 in film

1981 CONCACAF Championship — 1981 edition of the CONCACAF Championship association football competition

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship — International football competition

World Chess Championship 1981 — chess competition

1981 FIFA Intercontinental Cup — 1981 edition of the Intercontinental Cup, association football match between Liverpool FC and CR Flamengo in Tokyo, Japan

1981 Summer Universiade — multi-sport event in Bucharest, Romania

Operation Opera — Israeli air strike carried out on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor Osirak

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights — international human rights instrument

1981 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

53rd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1980

attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan — 1981 shooting of US President Ronald Reagan and murder of then White House Press Secretary James Brady

1981 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 United States Grand Prix West — Formula One motor race

1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt — February 1981 coup d'état attempt in Spain

1980 FIFA Intercontinental Cup — 1980 edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup

1981 European Cup Final — association football match

1981 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II — May 1981 shooting by Mehmet Ali Ağca in St. Peter's Square

1981 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race

1981 French presidential election — 1981 presidential election in France

1981 Argentine Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 Austrian Grand Prix — 353rd Grand Prix valid for the Formula 1 world championship

1981 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1981

1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix — Formula One motor race