May 1981
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The following events occurred in May 1981:
May 26, 1981: Kovalyonok and Savinykh, back after record 75 days in orbit
May 13, 1981: Pope John Paul II survives wounding in assassination attempt
May 30, 1981: President Rahman of Bangladesh assassinated
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Ziaur Rahman
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Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi military leader and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's ind
May 1981
…Yat-sen and Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic of China, died 13 days after being appointed to the position by the National People's Congress Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, was assassinated as he spent the night in Chittagong. Taking place at 4:00 am local time, the attack was planned by Major…
Rahman in 1979
Ziaur Rahman delivering a speech at a public conference before 1979
Discussion between Ziaur Rahman and Roy Jenkins, in the presence of Muhammad Shamsul Haque and Wilhelm Haferkamp
Ziaur Rahman in 1979, during a state visit at Netherlands