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• Lennard Esveld, Leiderdorp († 1981)
• Andrea Roth, Huron, South Dakota († 2014)
• Paul Johan Jacob van der Linden, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elco Cornelis Baas, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana den Dekker (67)
• Albertha van Camp (70), Amsterdam
• Arend Johannes Van der Burg (83), Delft,-
• Alida Margaretha Cornelia SCHRIJVER (79), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Boogaard (75), Amsterdam
• Besilia Cielia van der Linden (61), Hillegom
• Arnoldus Josephus van Koll (70), Helmond
• Arend Huizingh (82), Haren
• Anthony John ANSON (77)
• Albertus Josephus Wildenburg (98), Blaricum

• 1978 » Kenny Watson, American football player
• 1978 » Tom Danielson, American cyclist
• 1979 » Cédric Van Branteghem, Belgian sprinter
• 1979 » Johan Santana, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1980 » Caron Butler, American basketball player
• 1982 » Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player
• 1983 » Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
• 1984 » Geeta Basra, Indian actress
• 1985 » Alcides Araújo Alves, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Emile Hirsch, American actor

• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)

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 1 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• 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.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

The temperature on March 13, 1981 was between 6.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.