About the day » Thursday July 2, 1981Calender converter

• Johanna Pieternella Barbera Maria van Dijk, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Joseph Dale Kline († 1981)

• Bernadina Katuin (91)
• Dubbele Verhoef (90)
• Arend "Orrie" Sietsema (88), Marne, Wright Twp., Ottawa Co., MI
• Anna Maria Aelmans (64), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• aart johannes pieter trompert (72), leidschendam
• Anna Catharina (Catrerina) Tapken (94), Kopstukken Onstwedde
• Catharina A.C. van den Berg (60), Noordwijkerhout
• Catharina Petronella Elzinga (82), St.Nicolaasga
• Berthe Wilhelmine Nicolet (94), Malmedy, Belgique
• Amy Lee Nieman (0), fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN

• 1978 » Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn
• 1979 » Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 († 2001)
• 1979 » Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver
• 1979 » Walter Davis, American triple jumper
• 1980 » Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
• 1981 » Carlos Rogers, American football player
• 1981 » Nathan Ellington, English footballer
• 1983 » Kyle Hogg, English cricketer
• 1983 » Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)
• 1989 » Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)

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.
• February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
• April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• 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.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.

The temperature on July 2, 1981 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.