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Events on Friday 16 October 1981 1
1915 – 1981Moshe Dayan (1915-1981)Died 16 October 1981, aged 66Israeli military leader and statesman Moshe Dayan, who commanded Israeli forces during the Six-Day War and later served as defense and foreign minister, died in Tel Aviv on 16 October 1981. He was a signatory of the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty as foreign minister. His eyepatch made him one of the most recognizable Israeli figures internationally.