WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1981
Find out what all happened August to October 1981

The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths. (3. October 1981)

Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery in Rockland County, NY, carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground. (20. October 1981)

MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. (1. August 1981)

A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko. (1. September 1981)

The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication. (7. August 1981)

Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn (25. August 1981)

Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom. (21. September 1981)

The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August. (22. October 1981)

The IBM Personal Computer is released. (12. August 1981)

Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations. (15. September 1981)

The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C. (15. September 1981)

Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice. (21. September 1981)

Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. (18. September 1981)

President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran. (30. August 1981)

Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. (26. September 1981)

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated. (6. October 1981)

Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park. (19. September 1981)

Belize joins the United Nations. (25. September 1981)

The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. (27. October 1981)

Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat. (14. October 1981)