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• Elma Inge Brons, Groningen († 2003)
• Marc Rabsilber († 1981)
• Curtis Duane Folkerts, fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN († 2008)
• -levenloos- Brummel, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)
• Ingrid Zondervan, Leiden
• Margaretha Maria Quist, Sint Philipsland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 2002)

• Abdul Sabar Oppier (63), Liang, Ambon (Nederlands Indië)
• Alexandra Joanna Maria van der Heyden van Doornenburg (76), Doetingem
• Christiaan Peter Vialle (78), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Arthur Lievin de Pauw (75), Terneuzen
• Beertje Jansen (85)
• Andries Krol (97)
• Christiaan Pietersen (93), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Adriana de Rooy (62), 's-Gravenhage
• Anthonie Augustijn (80), Frederiksoord
• -levenloos- Brummel (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1979 » Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
• 1979 » Sarah Polley, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1979 » Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
• 1980 » Adam Goodes, Australian footballer
• 1980 » Rachel Nichols, American actress and producer
• 1981 » Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
• 1981 » Trent Waterhouse, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 » Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
• 1983 » Jon Daly, Irish footballer

• 1976 » Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
• 1979 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Gale Page, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1983 » Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist and academic (b. 1912)

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 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 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 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.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The temperature on January 8, 1981 was between -4.0 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.