February 7, 1981
“Some days are just meant to be remembered.”
The alliance announced new restrictions on aid to refugees streaming across the borders. Officials cautioned that humanitarian assistance.
Microsoft trial enters second week as prosecutors detail evidence of monopolistic practices.
Local officials report broad consensus on appropriations measure; committee meets later this week to reconcile differences.
Technology shares led the broader market higher as investors poured cash into Internet stocks. Analysts predict continued growth.
Wall Street closes at record highs for seventh consecutive trading session.
- 2024: Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.
- 2021: The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.
- 2014: An inquiry report of the United Nations Human Rights Council found systematic and wide-ranging violations of human rights in North Korea.
- 2014: Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old.
2016
- High
- 40°F
- Low
- 22°F
- Humidity
- 69%
- Wind
- 14 km/h
Celebration
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gandhi
The Evil Dead
Beau Pere
Possession
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Keep this day forever.
Write a note, pick a postcard style, then save it or send it into the sea — for a stranger to find one day.
1981
The world on the day you were born