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• Marion Sloeserwij († 2007)
• Vincent Henri Antoine Graauwmans, Nijmegen
• Tim Sauvillers, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1982)
• David Brans († 1983)

• Ananias van der Poel (71), Ridderkerk, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Ariens (88), Dongen
• Alberta Theodora GIEZEN (68), Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Duesmann (87), Hengelo
• Alberdina Lagraauw (72), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• A.M. DEUSMAN (87)
• Aline Victorine MORITS (85), La Bassée, Département du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Allen Culpepper Bullock Sr. (83), Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States of America
• Albert Francis Wienkes (78), Iowa County, Wisconsin
• Claasje Bruning (71), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1970 » Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player
• 1982 » Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
• 1984 » Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
• 1986 » Paul McShane, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
• 1989 » Andy Carroll, English footballer
• 1991 » Will Barton, American basketball player

• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

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.
• January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
• 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 January 6, 1981 was between -2.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.