Canadarm first flies
1981 · Event
The shuttle's Canadian-built robot arm deploys on STS-2 and becomes the country's best-known technology — its successor now works on the ISS.
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More from Canada
- Canadian Confederation (1867)
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)
- Champlain founds Quebec (1608)
- New France (1608)
- Cartier claims Canada for France (1534)
- Constitution patriated with the Charter (1982)
- John Cabot reaches North America (1497)
- Hudson's Bay Company chartered (1670)
Around 1981
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Gulf War (1990)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)