[NOTE: Some of the events described in a day's news may have occurred on the previous day.]
Wednesday, 1 July 1981
Prime Minister Menachem Begin expected to win close Israeli election against Labor Party candidate Shimon Peres by forming coalition government.....Supreme Court rules in favor of FCC over major networks in case re: the latter's refusal to air Carter-Mondale television commercial during last presidential election.....Former hostage Joseph Subic discharged from army.....MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, site of deadly fire last year, reopens.....Reagan administration to proceed with shipment of F-16s to Israel, postponed following Israeli raid on Iraqi nuclear facility.....Representative Les Aspin says length of military service should be extended.....Guerrillas arrested in Iran for allegedly planning to blow up parliament building; Ayatollah Khomeini says U.S. responsible for Sunday's bombing of ruling party headquarters that killed Ayatollah Beheshti and others.....Chicago judge says prosecutors can provide Senate subcommittee with evidence that led to indictment of Teamsters President Ray Williams on bribery charges....Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, in Moscow, says USSR may be willing to negotiate end to Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.....Canadian mail service workers strike.
Thursday, 2 July 1981
Supreme Court ruling upholds President Carter's deal with Iran for release of American hostages; 400 American companies and individuals have claims against Iran; nine ex-hostages filing suit against Iranian and U.S. governments.....Supreme Court upholds high Montana severance tax on exported coal; called a victory for states with abundant natural resources.....Court also says cities cannot ban all billboard ads due to free speech guarantee.....Replacement for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart will be either Arizona appeals court judge Sandra Day O'Connor or 9th Circuit judge Clifford Wallace.....Executions in Iran continue following Sunday bombing of ruling party headquarters; Ayatollah Khomeini declares Iran at war with U.S.,,,,,Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said to be losing support of the people.....Joint Soviet-Syrian military maneuvers said possible; numerous Soviet warships reported off Syrian coast.....Air traffic controllers' union (PATCO) expected to reject proposed new contract with government.....Population in New York City, Philadelphia and St. Louis on the decline while Phoenix, Dallas and Houston are growing .....Daisy Fernandez of New York City said to be winner of biggest lottery in history..... Presidential task force says two-man pilot crew can fly jetliner; airline pilots union wants mandatory 3-man crews.....Two banks raise prime rate to 20.5%.....Dollar near 10-year high due to high interest rates.....Bjorn Borg defeats Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon, will meet John McEnroe in final.
Friday, 3 July 1981
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Warsaw to meet with Polish Communist Party leaders; Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski announces major cabinet reorganization....Irish National Liberation Army takes credit for attempted assassination of Protestant leader Ian Paisley; British government said to be considering increased Irish participation in home rule.....Families of IRA hunger strikers meet with Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald.....Demonstrators led by Father Philip Berrigan at White House protest administration budget cuts and foreign policy.....Sunway train collision occurs in New York City..... Typhoon Kelly causes massive destruction in Philippines.....Three men win antitrust suit against Johnson & Johnson involving electrical painkilling device.....Chris Evert Lloyd defeats Hana Mandlikova in Wimbledon final.....Gov. Jerry Brown declares part of California a disaster area due to Medfly infestation.....Handicapped climbers reach summit of Mount Rainier, tallest peak in U.S.
 Rioting in Brixton, London
Saturday, 4 July 1981
John McEnroe defeats Bjorn Borg to win Wimbledon men's title.....IRA prisoners in Belfast's Maze Prison offer Britain a compromise in effort to save hunger strikers.....Rioting that began last night between skinheads and Asian residents reportedly continuing in London.....Winner of Israeli race between Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Labor Party's Shomin Peres to be announced soon.....Solidarity denies involvement in anti-Soviet protests as Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko meets with Polish Communist Party boss Stanislaw Kania.....White House Press Secretary James Brady makes first public appearance since being wounded in attempted assassination of President Reagan, attending July 4th activities at White House.
Sunday, 5 July 1981
Prime Minister Menachem Begin claims victory in Israeli elections, but Labor Party candidate Shimon Peres not ready to concede.....Begin threatens to use force if Syrian missiles are not removed from Lebanon.....Los Angeles Times says government has held secret talks with PLO since Nixon years.....Municipal employees in San Jose, CA go on strike; Supreme Court's recent decision re: sex discrimination cited as cause.....State Dept. warns of secret airlift by Cuba and Nicaragua of Soviet military equipment to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador.....Communist-run ammo dump in Beirut explodes, sabotage suspected.....Bolshoi dancer defects in Turkey, seeks sanctuary in U.S......Winner John McEnroe absent from traditional winner's dinner at Wimbledon.
Monday, 6 July 1981
Rioting continues in Liverpool, England.....In Italy, business exec kidnapped in May is killed by Red Brigades.....Executions continue in Iran in wake of bombing of ruling party's headquarters.....Isabel Peron, former president of Argentina, freed from house arrest.....USSR reject European Economic Community's proposal for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.....President Reagan meets with special envoy Philip Habib in White House re: Lebanese missile crisis; Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin reportedly setting deadline for removal of Syrian missiles.....AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland criticizes Reagan economic plan.....INS employees in Miami stage temporary walkout over treatment of Haitian refugees.....Heavy flooding reported in eastern Kentucky.
Tuesday, 7 July 1981
Judge Sandra Day O'Connor nominated by President Reagan to replace departing Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart; pro-life groups critical of choice; Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell pledges to campaign against confirmation.....Administration warns of Social Security system's potential bankruptcy, calls for cutbacks.....Mayor of Newark, NJ declares state of emergency following vandalism of city's water supply.....White House denies reports Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin has set 2-week deadline for removal of Syrian missiles from Lebanon.....Pope John Paul II names Jozef Glemp to replace Stefan Cardinal Wyszynkski as Poland's primate.....English Channel successfully crossed by men in solar-powered aircraft.....Chief of Naval Operations calls for crackdown on drug use in the Navy.....Reagan approves removal of Cuban refugees from Ft. Chaffee, AR.....Iran expels Reuters correspondents.....Vietnam releases bodies of three American MIAs.....Carnegie Mellon University Professor Chen Wen-Cheng dead following arrest by authorities in Taiwan.
Wednesday, 8 July 1981
IRA hunger striker Joe McDonnell dies; pro-IRA rioting in Belfast follows.....Rioting occurs in Manchester, England; said to be caused by economic straits.....Longshoremen in Warsaw, Poland stage walkout as warning to government.....Scientists at John Hopkins credited with preventing herpes outbreak with use of new drug, acyclovir.....President Reagan asks conservatives to keep open mind about his nominee to Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor; O'Connor is confirmed by Senate vote of 99-0.....Commission charges top aides of California Governor Jerry Brown with covering up improper campaign activity.....Gov. Brown rejects insecticide spraying to battle Medfly infestation in California.....Italian government closes stock exchange in Rome and Milan for remainder of week.....Dollar on the rise while gold prices drop..... Jimmy Carter criticizes Reagan Interior and State Depts. in letter to former aides.....Remains of three American MIAs released by Vietnam arrive in Hawaii.....Reagan administration drops two antitrust suits filed by Carter administration.....Nuclear Regulatory Commission orders 44 nuclear plants to affirm safety of fuel containers.....Reagan hosts White House reception for handicapped climbers of Mt. Rainier..... United Airlines 747 lost power in all engines over Pacific Ocean Sunday.....Lost Mozart symphony premieres at White House.....Banks and steel industry in France nationalized by Socialist government.
Thursday, 9 July 1981
Federal government considering quarantine of all fruit and vegetables from California due to Medfly infestation; California representatives pressure Agriculture Secretary John Block to order aerial spraying opposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.....Rioting continues in Manchester, England; debate rages whether violence is motivated by economic situation or social frustrations; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defends economic policies in House of Commons, gets into shouting match with members of opposition .....British government won't budge on demands made by IRA prisoners on hunger strike.....Polish airline and transportation workers conduct "warning strike".....Bootleg liquor made with methanol results in many fatalities in India.....White House press secretary says President Reagan has no intention of compromising on tax cut proposal.....Reagan administration approves loans to dictatorships in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, reversing Carter administration policy in South America; spokesman says human rights will no longer be criterion for sale of military equipment.....House votes to withhold funds for MX missile program.....Senate Judiciary subcommittee considering legislation defining when life begins....France considers abolishing death penalty.....Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron leaves Argentina for Spain after several years of house arrest.....Federal grand jury indicts several New Orleans police officers on civil rights charges re: murder of white policeman last year.....U.S. postal workers clamor for new contract.
Friday, 10 July 1981
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