July 9, 1981 (Thursday)
- The Minitel videotex system for the general public was given its first test, in the town of Velizy, France, before being taken nationwide.
- Died: Meyer Levin, 65, American Jewish novelist
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Famous quotes containing the word july:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)