WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1981
Find out what all happened September to November 1981

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

Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. (25. November 1981)

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

Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. (11. November 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)

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (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)

Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom. (1. November 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)

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

Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, Amnesty International charges the U.S. Federal Government with holding Richard Marshall[disambiguation needed ] of the American Indian Movement as a political prisoner. (14. October 1981)

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

Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua. (23. November 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)

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

Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) (30. November 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)

Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions. (28. November 1981)

Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice. (12. November 1981)

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