Editing 1981 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1981}}
* [[June 5]] – The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in the United States report that five [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men in Los Angeles have a rare form of [[pneumonia]] seen only in patients with weakened [[immune system]]s, the first recognized cases of [[AIDS]].
* [[June 6]] – [[Bihar train disaster]]: Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the [[Bagmati River]] in [[Bihar]], India, killing between 500 and 800.
* [[June 7]] – The [[Israeli Air Force]] destroys [[Iraq]]'s [[Osirak]] nuclear reactor, killing ten Iraqi troops and a French technician.
* [[June 10]] – Alfredo Rampi, a 6-year-old boy, falls into an artesian well in Vermicino, near Rome. After nearly three days of failed rescue attempts followed with bated breath from all over Italy, Alfredo dies inside the well, at a depth of {{Convert|60|m|ft|sp=us}}.
* [[June 13]] – At the [[Trooping the Colour]] ceremony in London, teenager [[Marcus Sarjeant]] fires 6 blank shots close to Queen [[Elizabeth II]], startling her horse.<ref>{{cite news|title=13 June 1981: Queen shot at by youth|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/13/newsid_2512000/2512333.stm|accessdate=18 August 2010|publisher=BBC|date=13 June 1981}}</ref><ref>[http://news.sky.com/story/guard-i-saw-shots-being-fired-at-queen-10310327 Guard: I Saw Shots Being Fired At Queen], Sky News on-line, by Alastair Bruce, 11 June 2016, accessed 9 October 2016.</ref>
* [[June 18]] 
** The [[Organization of Eastern Caribbean States]] is founded.<ref>{{cite book|author=M. Leann Brown|title=Developing Countries and Regional Economic Cooperation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AeeyAAAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-0-275-94960-0|page=152}}</ref>
** The [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk]] Stealth Fighter makes its first flight at [[Groom Lake]] ([[Area 51]]), Nevada.
* [[June 22]] – Iranian president [[Abolhassan Banisadr]] is deposed.
* [[June 27]] 
** The first game of paintball is played, in [[Henniker, New Hampshire]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paintballaward.com/history-paintball/|title=Complete History of Paintball|website=Paintball Award|date=May 2021|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
** The [[E-mu Emulator]] sampler keyboard with floppy disk operation is unveiled at NAMM international Sound & Music Expo, Chicago. Production Model Serial Number 001 is issued to [[Stevie Wonder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.namm.org/node/6370|title=NAMM Exhibitor Manual-Summer 1981|publisher=namm.org|access-date=June 16, 2018}}</ref>