About the day » Thursday January 22, 1981Calender converter

• niels verbugt, helden
• Aris Jan Snetselaar, Ede

• Anna Maria Magdalena Maes (77), Temse
• Antonius Maria Laufkötter (70), amsterdam, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Sophia van der ZEE (80), Lunteren
• Clasina Elisabeth Boerkoel (77), Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Marthe Estelle BAROUX (81), Boulogne-Sur-Mer,62200,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE
• Ardina Biemans (76), Gemert, Gemert-Bakel
• Chester L Aller (67), Akron, Summit, Ohio, US
• Aleida (Leida) Pots (94), Glanerbrug, 7534, Nederland
• Anna E. Guyer (86), Avon Park, Florida
• Dirk Tjeerds van Seggeren (86)

• 1979 » Aidan Burley, New Zealand-English politician
• 1979 » Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
• 1979 » Chor Boogie, American artist
• 1980 » Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
• 1981 » Ben Moody, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
• 1981 » Beverley Mitchell, American actress
• 1981 » Guy Wilks, English racing driver
• 1981 » Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer
• 1981 » Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1982 » Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer

• 1975 » Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
• 1977 » Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
• 1980 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
• 1985 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1987 » R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
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.
• May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
• November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 22, 1981 was between 1.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.