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28 July – Margaret Thatcher blames IRA leaders for the recent IRA hunger striker deaths. 29 July – The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30 million viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain. [40]
The wedding of Prince Charles (later King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981, [1] at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. The groom was the heir apparent to the British throne, and the bride was a member of the Spencer family. The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service.
July 17, 1981: 114 killed in Hyatt Regency Hotel collapse in Kansas City July 29, 1981: Prince Charles marries Diana Spencer in British royal wedding July 16, 1981: Mahathir Mohamad becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia July 27, 1981: Microsoft buys the secret to its success
Dubbed 'the wedding of the century,'Diana married Prince Charles in St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981.She was 20; he was 32. Diana was the first British citizen to marry an heir to the British ...
Garret FitzGerald (from 30 June 1981) Tánaiste: George Colley (until 30 June 1981) Michael O'Leary (from 30 June 1981) Minister for Finance: Gene Fitzgerald (until 30 June 1981) John Bruton (from 30 June 1981) Chief Justice: Tom O'Higgins; Dáil: 21st (until 21 May 1981) 22nd (from 30 June 1981) Seanad: 14th (until 16 July 1981)
1981 Handsworth riots in Birmingham begin, followed by further 1981 England riots in several urban areas including Liverpool and Leeds. July 16–21 – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the follow-on when they beat Australia by 18 runs at Headingley cricket ground, Leeds, England. July 17
The championship was eagerly awaited because for the first time since 1958, three of the Home Nations were featuring in a World Cup; the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and this was a chance to see them in competitive action before the World Cup began. The end-of-season format that had been used throughout the 1970s was dropped as it was felt ...
The badminton events of World Games I were held on July 25–28, 1981, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games , an international quadrennial multi-sport event , and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara .