Latest News for: 1981

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Spain to declassify documents on failed 1981 coup attempt

Straits Times 23 Feb 2026
The archives will be made available to the public on the official website of La Moncloa ....
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1981 Song With a Never-Ending Title Sent an Unknown Band to No. 1

The Capital Journal 23 Feb 2026
The unlikely chart-topper dominated the airwaves almost overnight ....
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Spain to declassify 1981 coup documents after 45 years

Catalan News 23 Feb 2026
The Spanish government will approve the declassification of documents related to the February 23, 1981, coup attempt ahead of the 45th anniversary of the event.  ... Democracies must know their past to build a freer future." ... .
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Opinion: Meet The Man Who Got Sunil Gavaskar's Cricket Bat In 1981, And Never Looked Back

NDTV 22 Feb 2026
The variety of rare trinkets in Bhatia's museum has everyone in awe, from Sachin Tendulkar to Kiran More, with the latter even remarking that Bhatia had done more for cricket than the ICC ... .
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Namibia: Namibia Records 8th Driest January Since 1981

All Africa 19 Feb 2026
Namibia has recorded its eighth driest January since 1981, after rainfall declined across most parts of the country despite heavy downpours in sections of the north-east ....
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Deadliest U.S. Avalanche Since 1981 Claims Eight Lives In Lake Tahoe

Virtual Jerusalem 19 Feb 2026
Authorities said the skiers had little time to react.
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8 skiers dead, another missing in 'deadliest' US avalanche since 1981

The Times of India 18 Feb 2026
Russell Greene of the sheriff’s office ... Their bodies have not yet been removed due to dangerous conditions.The avalanche is the deadliest in the US since 1981, when 11 climbers died on Mount Rainier in Washington.
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The Nebraska High School Basketball All-State Project - Saluting 1981

The Grand Island Independent 11 Feb 2026
1981's Junior class, especially in Class A, may have arguably been the best class ever to hit the basketball hardwoods in Nebraska prep basketball history. The names on 1st Team Super-State are simply mind boggling. You will want to relive ... .
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WATCH: “Forgotten Irish” a 1981 documentary on the Irish in Newfoundland

Irish Central 11 Feb 2026
"The Forgotten Irish" tells the fascinating story of how a distinctly Irish community emerged on the shores of Newfoundland, Canada ... .
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10 Movies From 1981 That Are Now Considered Classics

Collider 10 Feb 2026
1981 was a year of transition ... ....
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Stardust fire: Survivors of 1981 nightclub blaze offered €20,000

BBC News 10 Feb 2026
The Stardust fire killed 48 people and injured more than 200 others on Valentine .
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Survivors of 1981 nightclub fire offered €20,000

BBC News 10 Feb 2026
The Stardust fire killed 48 people and injured more than 200 others on Valentine's night in 1981 ... .
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Podcast brings renewed interest in unsolved 1981 Winchendon murder

The Gardner News 10 Feb 2026
30, 1981, 19-year-old Nancy Williams, who was living in Gardner and attending classes at Mount Wachusett Community College, filled in for a friend’s evening shift at the Cumberland Farms on Central St.
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