September 25, 1981 (Friday)
- The Sydney Tower, fifth tallest building in the world opened to the public.
- The Rolling Stones began their 40-city Tattoo You tour at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, playing before a crowd of 90,000.
- Sandra Day O'Connor took her seat as the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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“Left Washington, September 6, on a tour through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia.... Absent nineteen days. Received every where heartily. The country is again one and united! I am very happy to be able to feel that the course taken has turned out so well.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)