BBC ON THIS DAY

1981


16 Jan	Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner

18 Jan	Nine die in New Cross house fire

21 Jan	Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days

22 Jan	Murdoch bids to take over Times

25 Jan	Dissident Labour MPs plan new party

18 Feb	Thatcher gives in to miners

23 Feb	Rebel army seizes control in Spain

24 Feb	Prince Charles and Lady Di to marry

09 Mar	M5 rapist jailed for life

15 Mar	Pakistani jet hostages released

23 Mar	New measures to contain farm disease

24 Mar	Biggs rescued after kidnapping

26 Mar	'Gang of four' launches new party

29 Mar	Triumph at first London Marathon

30 Mar	President Reagan is shot

10 Apr	Hunger striker elected MP

11 Apr	Brixton ablaze after riot

05 May	Bobby Sands dies in prison

12 May	Second IRA protester dies in jail

13 May	Thousands see Pope shot in Rome

26 May	Italy in crisis as cabinet resigns

30 May	Bangladeshi president assassinated

07 Jun	Israel bombs Baghdad nuclear reactor

13 Jun	Queen shot at by youth

22 Jun	Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder

05 Jul	Police attacked in Liverpool riots

18 Jul	Violence erupts at Irish hunger strike protest

29 Jul	Charles and Diana marry

09 Aug	Second killer escapes from Broadmoor

03 Oct	IRA Maze hunger strikes at an end

06 Oct	Egypt's President Sadat assassinated

24 Oct	CND rally attracts thousands

30 Oct	Euthanasia chief jailed over suicides

25 Nov	Brixton riots report blames racial tension

10 Dec	Mystery disease kills homosexuals

13 Dec	Military crackdown on Polish people

20 Dec	Lifeboat crew missing after mission

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