October 1981 - October 18, 1981 (Sunday)

October 18, 1981 (Sunday)

• Greek legislative election, 1981: Andreas Papandreou was elected as the new Prime Minister of Greece as his Panhellenic Socialist Movement party won 174 of the 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament, while the New Democracy Party of incumbent premier George Rallis fell to 115 seats.
• Stanislaw Kania was forced out as leader of Poland's ruling Communist Party, as the Central Committee of the Polish Workers Party voted 104-79 in favor of his resignation. General Wojciech Jaruzelski was confirmed as the new First Secretary by a vote of 180-4.
• The Sultan of Oman decreed the establishment of the State Consultative Council (Majlis al Istishari lil Dawlah), with 43 members chosen by popular election. The new body did not have a legislative function, but was allowed to advise the Sultan in a form of representative democracy.