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• Wim (Willem Roelf) Mulder, Zuidwolde Bedum Het Hogeland Groningen Nederland († 1987)

• Adam Breukel (84), Rozenburg
• Adrianus Roovers (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Petrus (Berend} Sibum (80), Coevorden
• Bernardus Petrus Sibum (80), Erica (Emmen)
• Anna Catharina (Kaat) Goris (74), Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Cornelis Scholtens (62), krommenie
• Catharina Aldegonda Stijnen (70), Weert
• Cornelia Jacoba van Kempen (77), Zeist, Nederland
• Aaltje de Jong (96), Katwijk
• Aaltje Leenderts de Jong (96), Katwijk

• 1978 » Simon Larose, Canadian tennis player
• 1979 » Florian Zeller, French author and playwright
• 1979 » Neil Shanahan, Irish racing driver († 1999)
• 1979 » Randy McMichael, American football player
• 1980 » Jevgeni Novikov, Estonian footballer
• 1981 » Brandon Phillips, American baseball player
• 1981 » Guillermo Martínez, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1981 » Michael Crafter, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Savage, New Zealand rapper
• 1982 » Ibrahim Camejo, Cuban long jumper

• 1974 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
• 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
• 1980 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
• 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)

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. Suzanne
11. Jennifer
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 2 » One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• January 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• January 18 » Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
• June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• July 17 » A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.

The temperature on June 28, 1981 was between 11.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 17.1 mm of rain during 19.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.