March 7, 1981 (Saturday)
- John W. Hinckley, Jr. was met at the airport in Denver by his parents, who followed the advice of his psychiatrist and barred him from returning home. The senior Hinckley would later testify, in what he would describe as "the greatest mistake of my life" that he gave his son "a couple of hundred dollars" and told him "O.K., you're on your own. Do whatever you want to." Twenty-three days later, the younger Hinckley carried out an assassination attempt against the President of the United States.
- Eugenia Charles, the Prime Minister of Dominica, announced the arrests of former Prime Minister Patrick John and Defence Force Commander Frederick Newton. Charles said that a coup had been planned for March 14, and she added "I would hope that death would be the penalty, but I can't say that for sure."
- Died: Bosley Crowther, 75, American film critic for the New York Time; Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, 72, American tennis player, French Open champion 1935-37; Chester Bitterman, 28, American missionary taken hostage in Colombia; Mel C. Yorda, 18, first person to ever be murdered at Disneyland; and Kiril Kondrashin, 67, Soviet conductor who defected in 1978
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