rk wrote:
April 12 will be the 25th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch.


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ves/sts-1.html

--
rk, Just an OldEngineer


Other major events of 1981 (from Wikipedia)


Jan 19 - United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to
release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

Jan 20 - President-elect Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter as
President of the United States.

Mar 6 - After 19 years hosting the CBS Evening News Walter Cronkite
signs off for the last time.

Mar 19 - Three workers are killed and five injured during a test of the
Space Shuttle Columbia.

Mar 30 - President Ronald Reagan is shot.

Apr 12 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia.

May 13 - Pope John Paul II is shot.

Jun 7 - Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor.

July 29 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.

Aug 1 - MTV (Music Television) is launched.

Aug 5 - Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers

Aug 11 - The original Model 5150 IBM PC with a 4.77 Mhz Intel 8088
processor was released in the United States at a base price of $1,565.

Oct 6 - Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated.


-Rusty