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• Albert Louis HALLUIN III, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Arie, Nicolaas Helsloot (48), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse DELHALLE (76), Namêche, 92093, Namur, Belgique
• Adrianus Anthonius van Hal (86), Oss
• Berendina Mulder (69), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Julia Belmans (65), Geel (B), België
• Arie Hoogerbrugge (67), Rotterdam
• Camiel van Landschoot (91), Maldegem
• Antonius Johannes Coenders (59), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mechtildis DAS (83), Bree Belgie
• Benjamin Alexander John Cameron (96), aged 96 years, NSW, AU

• 1979 » James McAvoy, Scottish actor
• 1979 » Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer and coach
• 1979 » Virginie Basselot, French chef
• 1980 » Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
• 1980 » Tony Romo, American football player
• 1980 » Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Mads Junker, Danish footballer
• 1982 » Carnell Williams, American football player
• 1982 » Khalif Barnes, American football player
• 1982 » Micheal Luck, Australian rugby league player

• 1977 » Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (b.1947)
• 1978 » Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1980 » Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)
• 1984 » Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)
• 1985 » Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)

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.
• 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.
• 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).
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• 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.
• September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
• December 13 » General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.

The temperature on April 21, 1981 was between 0.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.