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Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg
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- Pressure: 1006 hPa
- Rel. Humidity: 94 %
- Visibility: 10 km
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:55
INPUT 1981
Setting the scene for 1981:
- Iran releases 52 American hostages bare minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as U.S. president.
- Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
- Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
- President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., family friend of the Vice President.
- The Space Shuttle Columbia passes its first test flight.
- Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
- François Mitterrand takes office as the first Socialist President of France.
- Death of Reggae legend Bob Marley.
- Mehmet Ali Açca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome.
- The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor.
- Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
- In the United States, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization walks off the job. All 13,000 members will eventually be fired by President Ronald Reagan.
- Symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS, are first identified in the USA.
- Anwar al-Sadat, president of Egypt is assassinated.
- A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing 178.
- The Chaos Computer Club was founded in Berlin.
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1981 - Issue 1
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1981 - Issue 2
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1981 - Issue 3
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1981 - Issue 4
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