About the day » Monday October 19, 1981Calender converter

• Gerold Sergio Westmaas, Domburg Suriname († 2022)
• Paula Hulsinga, Assen († 1981)
• Elizabeth Ann Riphagen, Sioux County, Iowa († 1981)
• Leonie Chantal Grift († 1984)
• Ruben Vrinzen

• Barend Adriaan Cornelis Ballintijn (77), Leiden
• (86)
• Adriaantje TROOST (Jandr) (92), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• abraham minderhoud (78), nieuwdorp
• Aalt Bos (69), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Dolderen (79)
• Antonius Johannes van Zwol, Amsterdam, Nederland
• cornelis martinus bos (73)
• Abraham Dirk Casteleyn (76)
• Aart Marius Visser (77), Aalst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1979 » José Luis López, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 » Rajai Davis, American baseball player
• 1981 » Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
• 1981 » Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 » Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
• 1982 » Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
• 1982 » Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
• 1982 » Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
• 1982 » Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)

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
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• August 30 » President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• September 25 » Belize joins the United Nations.

The temperature on October 19, 1981 was between 0.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.