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• Rebecca L. Stijf, USA
• Robert Matthew Dougard, Maywood, Bergen, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Johan (Hansje) Gerrit Albert Olthoff, Voorschoten († 1982)
• Bart Bartholomeeussen, Zoersel, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1982)

• Anna Maria Boeijen (80), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Scheiffer (82)
• Adriana Catharina Helena Kapitein (58), Etten-Leur
• Cornelis Nolles (88), Rotterdam
• Annie Rebecca Bedenbaugh (79)
• Derk Johan Bruijel (75)
• Cornelis Nolles (88), Rotterdam
• Maria Johanna Konter (78), Amsterdam
• Christian Frederick Moroni Weenig (75), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Bastiana Flohil (82), Valkenisse

• 1979 » Doni, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 » Luke O'Donnell, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer
• 1980 » Sonia Sui, Taiwanese model and actress
• 1981 » Michael Fishman, American actor and producer
• 1981 » Olivier Pla, French racing driver
• 1982 » Heath Miller, American football player
• 1982 » Mark Renshaw, Australian cyclist
• 1982 » Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 » Tim Erfen, German footballer

• 1979 » Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist and author (b. 1914)
• 1979 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1982 » Richard Hugo, American poet (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano and educator (b. 1894)
• 1986 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Thorgeir Stubø, Norwegian guitarist and composer (b. 1943)
• 1986 » Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1987 » Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Cynthia Freeman, American author (b. 1915)

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.
• 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 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• 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.
• July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on October 22, 1981 was between 3.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.