September 16, 1981 (Wednesday)
- World Boxing Council champion Sugar Ray Leonard and World Boxing Association champion Thomas Hearns fought at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas for the world welterweight boxing championship. In the 14th round, Leonard won in a technical knockout, pounding away with Hearns on the ropes, until referee Davey Pearl stopped the fight.
- In Britain, the Liberal Party conference voted 1,688-112 for an electoral pact with the new Social Democratic Party.
- Born: Alexis Bledel, American actress, in Houston
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