March 1981 - March 23, 1981 (Monday)

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