1981-12-09: 1300th Anniversary of the First Bulgarian Empire

1981-12-01: International Year Against Apartheid

1981-11-18: Meeting of the Organization for African-Asian Solidarity

1981-10-16: World Food Day

1981-10-12: International Year of the Disabled

1981-09-27: World Tourism Day

1981-08-31: Pashtunistan day

1981-08-19: 62nd Anniversary of Independence

1981-06-01: World Children's Day

1981-05-17: 13th World Telecommunications Day

1981-05-08: International Red Crescent Day

1981-05-01: Labor Day

1981-04-27: 3rd Anniversary of the Saur Revolution

1981-04-04: Urial (Ovis orientalis vignei)

1981-03-20: Farmers' Day

1981-03-08: International Women's Day

1981-01-17: Beginning the 15th Century of the Islamic Calendar, Hegira