236 notable events from 1981. Page 3 of 3.
- East Coast Parkway murder
Sep 20, 1981 · Singapore
- No. 21 Mine explosion
Dec 8, 1981 · United States
- Aeropesca Flight 221
Aug 26, 1981 · Colombia
- Santa Cruz massacre (El Salvador)
Jan 1, 1981 · El Salvador
- Jerry Spraggins
Jan 1, 1981–Jan 1, 1983 · —
- Karnataka alcohol poisonings
1981 · India
- 1981 Sirch earthquake
Jul 28, 1981 · Iran
- Pré-Naville rape affair
Oct 10, 1981 · Switzerland
- Assault on the Ecuadorian embassy in Cuba
Feb 21, 1981 · Cuba
- 1981 Guernica Parliament House incidents
Feb 4, 1981 · Spain
- Daet massacre
Jun 14, 1981 · Philippines
- Kawakami 50 million yen promissory note case
1981 · Japan
- Yak-40 crash in Zeya
Aug 29, 1981 · Russian Federation
- 1981 Golbaf earthquake
Jun 11, 1981 · Iran
- 1981 Ajaccio airport bombing
Apr 16, 1981 · France
- Pancarköy air disaster
Sep 22, 1981 · Türkiye
- Flood of November 1981
Nov 25, 1981 · —
- Bank robbery
Jul 14, 1981 · Germany
- 1981 Dawu earthquake
Jan 24, 1981 · China
- 1981 Westmorland earthquake
Apr 26, 1981 · United States
- 1981 Playa Azul earthquake
Oct 24, 1981 · Mexico
- Il-22 crash at Domna
Dec 2, 1981 · Russian Federation
- Cape Breton coal strike of 1981
Jul 1, 1981–Oct 1, 1981 · Canada
- 1981 Irian Jaya earthquake
Jan 19, 1981 · Indonesia
- Death of Meta Hofman
Aug 12, 1981 · Netherlands
- Chão de Maçãs–Fátima railway disaster
Sep 11, 1981 · Portugal
- Air US Flight 716
Apr 17, 1981 · United States
- 1981 Darel Valley earthquake
Sep 12, 1981 · Pakistan
- Capo Bonifati train accident
Jan 21, 1981 · Italy
- Dengue epidemic in Cuba
Jan 1, 1981 · Cuba
- Telub affair
1981 · —
- 1981 Damascus bombings
1981 · —
- Operation fence of legs
Jan 1, 1981 · Timor-Leste
- Indian Airlines Flight 557
Aug 19, 1981 · India
- Omashaka massacre
Mar 27, 1981 · Namibia
- Florida Air Flight 2198
Sep 22, 1981 · United States