About the day » Monday December 14, 1981Calender converter

• Lauren Patricia Gustus, Dandenong (Victoria, Australië) († 1981)
• Hendrik Hofker († 2009)
• Joyce Johanna Theadora Fransen, Horssen

• Auke Kuipers (89), Odoornerveen
• Bessel van de Vuurst (48), Hoevelaken
• Chiela van Vliet (65), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Benjamin van Rooijen (72)
• Adrianus Wilhlmus Hogewoning (65), Venlo
• Antje Johannes Halbesma (93), Morra, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus van Haarlem (81), Nichtevecht
• Alberta Magdalene Olts (89), White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
• Aleida Margaretha Berg (90), Hilversum
• Adrianus Marinus van Haarlem (81), Nichtevecht

• 1980 » Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
• 1980 » Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer
• 1980 » Thed Björk, Swedish race car driver
• 1981 » Johnny Jeter, American wrestler
• 1981 » Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
• 1981 » Rebecca Jarvis, American journalist
• 1981 » Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
• 1982 » Anthony Way, English singer and actor
• 1982 » Josh Fields, American baseball player
• 1982 » Steve Sidwell, English footballer

• 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (b. 1896)
• 1985 » Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1989 » Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)

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.
• January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• 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.
• June 28 » A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• August 19 » Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
• October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.

The temperature on December 14, 1981 was between -3.1 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.