About the day » Saturday May 23, 1981Calender converter

• Suzanne de Ruiter, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerard Verpoorten, Alkmaar

• Alexander Jonas Schaffer (79), Baltimore,, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Annetta Petronella van MOOK (88), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin FRANKE (77), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Catharina Mulder (65), Sneek
• Abraham Johannes van den Broek (67), Chaam
• Barbara Dorothy Paget (66), Heemstede,Gemeente Heemstede,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Rosalia Joanna VERDONCK (66), Merksem,2170,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Benjamin Franke (77), Scheveningen
• Angelina Adams (86), Melick
• Christiaan Gerrit POLDER (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 » Scott Raynor, American drummer
• 1979 » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Rasual Butler, American basketball player († 2018)
• 1980 » Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
• 1983 » Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
• 1984 » Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player

• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Dennis
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
12. Judith
13. Sarah
14. Sandra
15. Laura
16. Elisabeth

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
• January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• June 24 » The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17years.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

The temperature on May 23, 1981 was between 8.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.