About the day » Sunday October 4, 1981Calender converter

• Frank de Ruijter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)

• Cornelis Nicolaas van Haren (90), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk van Dongen (67), Den Haag
• Antoinette MAILLARD (90), Mouscron,7700,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Augustinus (Gus van Freke) Wollants (89), Scherpenheuvel
• Allegonda van LANEN (84), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berdie Schikowsky (56), UNKNOWN
• Charles VANDEBORNE (35)
• Bertus Meijerman (66), Doetinchem
• Adrianus Hendrikus Pluijgers (72), Wageningen
• Arnoldus Savelkouls (89)

• 1979 » Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
• 1979 » Björn Phau, German tennis player
• 1979 » Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
• 1980 » James Jones, American basketball player
• 1980 » Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
• 1980 » Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
• 1981 » Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Shaura, Japanese singer
• 1982 » Jered Weaver, American baseball player
• 1982 » Tony Gwynn, Jr., American baseball player

• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
• 1977 » José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
• 1981 » Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
• 1982 » Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
• 1988 » Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1989 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (b. 1903)

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

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Johanna
6. Marieke
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.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• 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.
• 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 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

The temperature on October 4, 1981 was between 6.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.