28-year-old Zhao Xiaolan returned to China for the first time with her parents to visit her alma mater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It was also an opportunity for Zhao Xiansheng to return to his alma mater.
In 1981, the Washington Senate unanimously confirmed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Yu Qiangsheng, an official of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, was recruited by the CIA in Beijing and began providing intelligence.