September 9, 1981 (Wednesday)
- Indian newspaper owner Jagat Narain, 92, was assassinated by three gunmen after publishing articles critical of Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Sikh demands for a separate nation. On September 20, Bhindranwale surrendered to the police, but was released on October 14 by orders of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
- Born: Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress, in Buenos Aires; and Ivan Elez, Croatian footballer, in Split City, Yugoslavia
- Died: Jacques Lacan, 80, French psychiatrist and founder of the Lacanian technique of psychoanalysis
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