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United States 7/7/1981 Sandra Day O’Connor Nominated for Supreme Court President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman Supreme Court justice. She was an Arizona court of appeals judge. The Senate unanimously approved her appointment on September 21st and on September 25th she was sworn in.United States 8/1/1981 MTV Begins Broadcasting The cable channel MTV debuts their music video format broacasting. Their first song was "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. American President Jimmy Carter (1/20/1977-1/20/1981) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (5/4/1979-11/28/1990) German President Karl Carstens (7/1/1979-6/30/1984)