Financial Swaps
Time: 1981
Place: U.S.
Details: IBM and the World Bank first introduced financial swaps to the public in 1981 when they entered into a swap agreement.
‹ Earlier in historyMoving to California1981 Later in history ›Ending The Iraqi Siege of AbadanSaturday Sep 26, 1981
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World War II-United States and Japan had been engaged in negotiations
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Juneteenth-Ralph Abernathy made June 19 the "Solidarity Day of the Poor People’s Campaign"
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September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Islamic Center of Washington, DC
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Carter G. Woodson-Woodson wrote a letter to Grimké
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1973 oil crisis-Phased oil price decontrol begins
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United Nations-Dumbarton Oaks Conference
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World Bank-Jim Yong Kim was elected
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World Bank-International Development Association (IDA)
1960 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Alan Turing-Turing traveled to the United States
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World Bank-Millennium Development Goals targets
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World Bank-Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
2004 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Reduce Child Mortality
2005 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-War on AIDS
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-The bank announced that to protect against deforestation
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World Bank-For the first time, two non-US citizens were nominated
2012 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-The largest recipients of world bank loans
Nov, 2018 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-World Bank Administrative Tribunal was established
1980 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Economic Development Institute
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World Bank-Third-World debt
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World Bank-Voting powers at the World Bank were revised to increase the voice of developing countries
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World Bank-Achieve Universal Primary Education
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World Bank-Aid for the world's poorest countries
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World Bank-Developing world debt rose at an average annual rate of 20%
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September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Meeting with Condoleezza Rice
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Richard Nixon-Five Men Were Caught breaking Into The Democratic party Headquarters
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Joe Biden-Biden was inaugurated to a second term as a Vice President
Sunday Jan 20, 2013 - U.S.
International Monetary Fund-IMF formally came into existence
Thursday Dec 27, 1945 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-John C. Frémont issued a martial edict freeing slaves of the rebels
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September 11 (9/11) Attacks-File 17
Friday Jul 1, 2016 - Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C., U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Strivings of the Negro People
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International Monetary Fund-Johan Witteveen
Saturday Sep 1, 1973 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-2013 Fiscal Monitor publication
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1973 oil crisis-IMF establishes its "oil facility"
Jun, 1974 - U.S.
International Monetary Fund-$1 trillion mobilization
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International Monetary Fund-IMF began its financial operations
Saturday Mar 1, 1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Sunday Sep 1, 1963 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Gita Gopinath-Gita was named one of the top 25 economists under 45 by the International Monetary Fund
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International Monetary Fund-Jacques de Larosière
Saturday Jun 17, 1978 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Gita Gopinath-Chief economist of the International Monetary Fund
Oct, 2018 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Kristalina Georgieva
Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Gita Gopinath-Gopinath was appointed to the World Bank–International Monetary Fund High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG)
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Red Summer-Washington race riot
Saturday Jul 19, 1919 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Largest borrowers
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International Monetary Fund-Per Jacobsson
Wednesday Nov 21, 1956 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality
Jan, 2014 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust
Monday Apr 13, 2020 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Longest-serving Managing Director
Friday Jan 16, 1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Ivar Rooth
Friday Aug 3, 1951 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned
Wednesday May 18, 2011 - United States
International Monetary Fund-Former Czechoslovakia was expelled in 1954
1954 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Rodrigo Rato
Monday Jun 7, 2004 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Discussion Paper
Monday May 20, 2013 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Thursday Nov 1, 2007 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-False estimation
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International Monetary Fund-First Managing Director
Monday May 6, 1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Andorra became the 190th member
Friday Oct 16, 2020 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Horst Köhler
Monday May 1, 2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-First female Managing Director
Tuesday Jul 5, 2011 - Washington D.C., U.S.
International Monetary Fund-The first borrower
Thursday May 8, 1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Securities Investor Protection Corporation was established
1970 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1973 oil crisis-Buy-Sell Program sales average more than 400,000 bbl/d (64,000 m3/d) from October 1979 through March 1980
Oct, 1979 - U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Members of the Mafia
1975 - Washington D.C., U.S.
1973 oil crisis-World Bank establishes its "Third Window"
Jul, 1975 - U.S.
World Bank-$12 billion plan
Sep, 2020 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-First President of the World Bank Group
1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Kristalina Georgieva served as Acting President of the World Bank
Friday Feb 1, 2019 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen was President of the World Bank
Wednesday Jul 1, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Eugene "Gene" Robert Black Sr. became the President of the World Bank
1949 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Paul Dundes Wolfowitz served as the President of the World Bank
Wednesday Jun 1, 2005 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-David Malpass was elected President of the World Bank
Thursday Apr 4, 2019 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-John J. McCloy served as the president
1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-George David Woods served as President of the World Bank
Jan, 1963 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-James David Wolfensohn served as the president of the World Bank Group
Thursday Jun 1, 1995 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-World Bank launches Support
Thursday Apr 2, 2020 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
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Sunday Jul 1, 2007 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Lewis Thompson Preston was President of the World Bank
Thursday Aug 1, 1991 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Robert McNamara became President of the World Bank
Monday Apr 1, 1968 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. was former President of the World Bank
Tuesday Jul 1, 1986 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Ruby Bridges-Bridges was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal
Monday Jan 8, 2001 - U.S.
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Ellie Goulding-Goodwill Ambassador
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Joe Biden-General Services Administrator Emily W. Murphy formally recognized Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 election
Monday Nov 23, 2020 - U.S.
Bretton Woods Conference-The U.S. government invited the Allied countries to send representatives to an international monetary conference
Thursday May 25, 1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Theodore Roosevelt-Second Term
Tuesday Nov 8, 1904 - U.S.
Theodore Roosevelt-A Vice President
Mar, 1901 - U.S.
1973 oil crisis-U.S. Phase III price controls begin
Thursday Jan 11, 1973 - U.S.
1973 oil crisis-U.S. Federal oil depletion allowance eliminated for large producers
1975 - U.S.
Elon Musk-Member of The United States NAS
2006 - Washington D.C., United States
1973 oil crisis-Diplomacy by Kissinger produces a disengagement agreement on the Syrian front
Friday May 31, 1974 - U.S.
Library of Congress-Congress transferred the library's public document distribution activities to the Department of the Interior
1859 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve continues with its plan to raise interest rates
1929 - Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Final televised Address
Tuesday Jan 17, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-The 1932 situation
1932 - U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve industrial production index rebounds to 85.5
Jul, 1933 - Eccles Building, Washington D.C., U.S.
Great Depression-Federal Reserve's federal funds rate reaches 2%
Dec, 1930 - Eccles Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.
1981
Kosovo War-4,000 Serbs moved from Kosovo to central Serbia
Thursday Jan 1, 1981 - Kosovo
Sepp Blatter-General Secretary
1981 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Marco van Basten-Playing for Ajax
1981 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kosovo War-Open and total war
1981 - Kosovo
Nokia-The world's first international cellular network and the first to allow international roaming
1981 - Finland
Christine Lagarde-Joined Baker & McKenzie
1981 - Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
Colombian conflict-The Creation of The 1981 Muerte a Secuestradores (MAS)
1981 - Colombia
Cameras-Sony Mavica
1981 - Tokyo, Japan
Computer animation-SGI
1981 - U.S.
Carlos Slim-Cigarros la Tabacelera Mexicana (Cigatam)
1981 - Mexico
Nicaraguan Revolution-Ronald Reagan cancelled the dispersal of Economic Aid to Nicaragua
Jan, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Microprocessor-Intel's First 32-bit Microprocessor
1981 - California, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Nasr
Sunday Jan 4, 1981 - Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iran–Iraq War-The Battle of Dezful
Sunday Jan 4, 1981 - Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iranian Revolution-The Algiers Accords and The hostages release
Monday Jan 19, 1981 - Algeria
Jimmy Carter-Fifty-two American hostage
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Tehran, Iran
Ronald Reagan-A President
Tuesday Jan 20, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Christopher Paul Gardner-Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner's Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene's Brother
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - U.S.
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Birth
Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Princess Diana-Proposed
Friday Feb 6, 1981 - United Kingdom
Internet-Number of hosts had grown to 213
1981 - U.S.
Internet-Computer Science Network (CSNET)
1981 - U.S.
Diego Maradona-To Boca
Friday Feb 20, 1981 - La Boca, near Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos the Jackal-Bombing of the Radio Free Europe offices
Saturday Feb 21, 1981 - Munich, Germany
Stuart Long -Long graduation
1981 - Helena, Montana
Juan Carlos I-Military Coup attempted
Monday Feb 23, 1981 - Spain
Princess Diana-Engagement
Tuesday Feb 24, 1981 - London, England, United Kingdom
Kosovo War-The First major outbreak occurred in Kosovo's main city
Sunday Mar 1, 1981 - Pristina, Kosovo
Johan Cruyff-To Levante
Mar, 1981 - Levante, Cordoba, Spain
Ronald Reagan-Assassination Attempt
Monday Mar 30, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Attack on H3
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - H-3 Airbase, Iraq
Juan Trippe-Death
Friday Apr 3, 1981 - New York, U.S.
Hillsborough events-FA Cup semi-final 1981
Saturday Apr 11, 1981 - Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury-Mercury recorded several tracks with Michael Jackson
1981 - U.S. and United Kingdom
Bob Marley-Death
Monday May 11, 1981 - University of Miami Hospital, Miami, U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Unsuccessful Assassination
Wednesday May 13, 1981 - Vatican City
Greyfriars Bobby-Red granite monument
Wednesday May 13, 1981 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Llewellyn married Tatiana Soskin
1981 - England, United Kingdom
Russell Bufalino-Conspiring to kill the witness
May, 1981 - U.S.
Bob Marley-State Funeral
Thursday May 21, 1981 - Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
Disasters with highest death tolls-1981 Golbaf Earthquake
Thursday Jun 11, 1981 at 10:24:00 AM - Iran
James Bond-For Your Eyes Only
Wednesday Jun 24, 1981 - United Kingdom
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
Bill Gates-Microsoft's company restructuring
Thursday Jun 25, 1981 - Washington, U.S.
World Bank-Alden Winship "Tom" Clausen was President of the World Bank
Wednesday Jul 1, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Pedro López (serial killer)-López confessed murders
Tuesday Jul 7, 1981 - Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Trivial Pursuit-The game released
1981 - Canada
Prince Charles-1st Marriage
Wednesday Jul 29, 1981 - St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Princess Diana-"Fairytale Wedding"
Wednesday Jul 29, 1981 - London, England, United Kingdom
KFC-The African Branches
1981 - Mauritius
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-Birth
Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nicaraguan Revolution-President Reagan Signed National Security Decision Directive Number 7
Thursday Aug 6, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Xanax-Approved
1981 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-To New York
1981 - Palisades, New York, United States
Bicycle-Mountain Bike
1981 - U.S.
Stan Lee-Moving to California
1981 - California, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Ending The Iraqi Siege of Abadan
Saturday Sep 26, 1981 - Abadan, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Hard days
1981 - California, U.S.
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Born
Saturday Oct 3, 1981 - Malmö, Sweden
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The assassination of President Anwar Sadat
Tuesday Oct 6, 1981 - Cairo, Egypt
Ted Bundy-Not allowed at Raiford Prison
Oct, 1981 - Florida, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-The Ambush
Wednesday Oct 14, 1981 - Iran
James Bond-Licence Renewed was published
1981 - United Kingdom
James Bond-Marvel Comics published a two-issue comic book adaptation of the film For Your Eyes Only
1981 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II visited New Zealand
Oct, 1981 - Dunedin, New Zealand
Freddie Mercury-Greatest Hits
Monday Oct 26, 1981 - England, United Kingdom
Best Buy-Burnsville location featured a high-volume
1981 - Burnsville, Minnesota, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-The Anglo-Irish Inter-Governmental Council
Friday Nov 6, 1981 - England
3D printing-Hideo Kodama filed a patent for this XYZ plotter
Tuesday Nov 10, 1981 - Japan
Xerox-Xerox released a system similar to the Alto
1981 - U.S.
Nicaraguan Revolution-President Reagan Signed National Security Directive 17
Tuesday Nov 17, 1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Russell Bufalino-Bufalino was sentenced to 10 Years
Nov, 1981 - Leavenworth, Washington, U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-They All Laughed
Friday Nov 20, 1981 - U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Tariq al-Qods
Saturday Nov 28, 1981 - Iran
Black Friday-The earliest known published reference to this explanation occurs
Saturday Nov 28, 1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner-Year of Struggle
1981 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Johan Cruyff-Returned to Ajax
Dec, 1981 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Iran–Iraq War-Retaken The town of Bostan
Sunday Dec 6, 1981 - Bostan, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Ted Bundy-Bundy initiated a series of interviews with Stephen Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth
1981 - Florida, U.S.
Muhammad Ali Clay-Last match
Friday Dec 11, 1981 - Nassau, Bahamas
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip wrote to his eldest son counseling him to make up his mind
1981 - United Kingdom
Qasem Soleimani-Seriously Injured
Dec, 1981 - Iran
Joe Biden-Biden became a ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
1981 - Washington D.C., U.S.
IBM-IBM PC
1981 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden has received honorary degrees from Saint Joseph's University
1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Gulf War-Arms Sales to Iraq reached a record spike
1981 - Iran