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• Wolter Heijes, Stadskanaal († 2007)
• Marjo Vriens, Eindhoven († 1981)
• Frank Theunissen, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• Charles Victor WARD (95), Luton &, Dunstable Hospital, Luton, Bedfordshire
• Annichje Sanders (77)
• Baukje Syderius (90), Witmarsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Andre Gabriel Albert Joseph Lechat (81)
• Christina Martina van Donzel (66), Uden, Gemeente Uden, North Brabant, Niederlande
• Cornelia Goudswaard, van (84), Goes, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Angeline Q. Arthur (82), Reno, Washoe, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Heetebrij (82)
• Adrianus Appelman (92), Hollum
• "François" Georges Ugo Doriani VICTOR-HUGO HUGO (82)

• 1979 » Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
• 1979 » Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
• 1979 » Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
• 1981 » Shaun Suisham, American football player
• 1981 » Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
• 1981 » Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
• 1982 » Alison Brie, American actress and singer
• 1982 » Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
• 1982 » Dale Morris, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver

• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
• 1980 » Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1986 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)

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.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• February 24 » The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812million.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• 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.
• October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The temperature on December 29, 1981 was between 1.5 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.