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Letter Rate 15¢ Package Rate 15¢ Postcard Rate 10¢ Effective 5/29/1978 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 Ronald Reagan (1/20/1981-1/20/1989) Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla (3/29/1976-3/29/1981) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (11/11/1975-3/11/1983) Austrian President Rudolf Kirchschläger (7/8/1974-7/8/1986) Bahamian Premier Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden Pindling (5/10/1969-8/21/1992) Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens (4/3/1979-3/31/1981) Brazilian President João Figueiredo (3/15/1979-3/14/1985) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (5/4/1979-11/28/1990) Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (3/3/1980-6/29/1984) East German Chairman of the State Council Erich Honecker (10/29/1976-10/18/1989) German President Karl Carstens (7/1/1979-6/30/1984) Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki (7/17/1980-11/27/1982)