March 22, 1981 (Sunday)
- Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa became the first person from Mongolia to travel into outer space, launched on Soyuz 39 along with Vladimir Dzhanibekov. The two cosmonauts returned to earth after almost 8 days on the Salyut 6 space station.
- Born: Shawn Mims, American rapper (This Is Why I'm Hot), in New York City
- Died: Jack McCain, 70, commander of Pacific forces in Vietnam War, and father of U.S. Senator John McCain; while returning from Europe; and Jumbo Elliot, 65, American track and field coach
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“This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)