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• Gerard Verpoorten, Alkmaar
• Suzanne de Ruiter, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Abraham VAN ANTWERPEN (85), Sommelsdijk (NL)
• Berend van der Sluis (23), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Abraham van Antwerpen (85), Sommelsdijk, Nederland
• Antoon Hollander (73), Limmen
• Catharina Mulder (65), Sneek
• Aletta Roels Stoker (89), Ureterp
• Christiaan Gerrit POLDER (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Addie Beulah Hatcher **** (79), Cass, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Aukje Hagels (37)
• Alexander Jonas Schaffer (79), Baltimore,, Maryland, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 » Scott Raynor, American drummer
• 1979 » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Rasual Butler, American basketball player († 2018)
• 1980 » Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
• 1983 » Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
• 1984 » Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player

• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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. 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.
• May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• 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.
• December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

The temperature on May 23, 1981 was between 8.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.