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The following events occurred in January 1981: ==January 1, 1981 (Thursday)== *Georgia defeated Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, 17-10, to finish the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season with a 12-0-0 record and the mythical national championship.〔"Sugar Bowl win gives Georgia national title", ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', January 2, 1981, p8〕 *Greece joined the "Common Market" (European Economic Community), now the European Union.〔("Greece is 10th Member of the Common Market" ), ''New York Times'', January 2, 1981〕 *The Republic of Palau was proclaimed in the Palau Islands of Micronesia. Under an agreement signed with the United States in 1980, the new nation would continue to be administered as a United States trust territory, with the U.S. handling Palau's foreign and military affairs. *The United States minimum wage increased from $3.10 to $3.35 per hour, where it would remain until 1990, when it went to $3.85.〔("Changes in the Federal and State Minimum Wages, 1954 to the Present" ), p7〕 *Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal since the nation became independent in 1960, became the first African president to retire voluntarily, resigning in favor of his protégé, Vice-President Abdou Diouf.〔"Veteran African leader quits", ''Montreal Gazette'', December 31, 1980, p12; Jim Hudgens and Richard Trillo, ''The Rough Guide to West Africa'' (Rough Guides, 2003) p170〕 *Born: Mladen Petrić, Croatian soccer player, in Brčko, Yugoslavia; and Eden Riegel, American TV actress (''All My Children''), in Washington, D.C. *Died: Mauri Rose, 74, American Indianapolis 500 driver, winner 1941, 1947, 1948 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1981」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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