September 19, 1981 (Saturday)
- Simon & Garfunkel reunited to perform The Concert in Central Park, a free concert in New York in front of approximately half a million people.
- The 80-year old Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized in the Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, killing at least 300 people.
Read more about this topic: September 1981
Famous quotes containing the word september:
“Thus was my first year’s life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th, 1847.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)