October 1981

Saturday 03:

The Hunger Strike by Irish Republican Army prisoners at the Maze jail in Belfast ends after seven months and 10 deaths.

Monday 05:

Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honorary U.S. citizen.

Tuesday 06:

Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.

Wednesday 14:

Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

Thursday 15:

Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.

Thursday 22:

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

Tuesday 27:

The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.