September 23, 1981 (Wednesday)
- U.S. National Security Adviser Richard Allen announced plans by the Reagan Administration to create a radio station that would broadcast to Cuba, patterned after Radio Free Europe. Though initially set to launch in January 1982, Radio Marti did not start transmission until May 20, 1985.
- Died: Chief Dan George, 82, Canadian First Nations actor
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