January 30, 1981 (Friday)
- Commandos from the South African Defence Forcecrossed over into Mozambique and attacked the town of Matola in a raid against three houses occupied by African National Congress members. "Operation Beanbag" killed 15 ANC members and a Portuguese technician. The SADF lost three members in their first cross-border raid.
- Born: Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer and all time Bulgarian National Team goalscorer, in Blagoevgrad
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