March 23, 1981 (Monday)
- The cost of mailing a letter in the United States went up 20%, as the price of a first-class stamp was increased from 15 cents to 18 cents. The price increase had taken effect the day before, when American post offices were closed.
- Died: Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, 96, British military leader during World War II; Beatrice Tinsley, 40, British astronomer; Mike Hailwood, 40, British motorcyclist and ten time world motorcycle racing champion, in an auto accident
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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)