January 19, 1981 (Monday)
- Iran hostage crisis: Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia, the Foreign Minister of Algeria, successfully brokered the Algiers Accordan agreement between the United States and Iran, which was signed on behalf of the U.S. by Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Algiers at 10:30 am, after having been signed earlier by Iranian officials in Tehran.
- Born: Lucho Gonzalez, Argentine footballer, in Buenos Aires
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