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• Niels Rampaart, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kristopher Lee Walters, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2011)
• Martin Daniel Stroink, St.Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten

• Charles Arthur Greene (85), Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
• Berendina Hondebrink (89), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Auke Kuipers (73)
• Anna Jonker (87), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Kessels (78), Venlo
• Abramina JOPPE (79), Bergen op Zoom,Gemeente Bergen op Zoom,NORTH BRABANT,NETHERLANDS
• Alje VAN DEEMTER (97), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Berend DOLFING (68), Pretoria, Gauteng, Zuid-Afrika
• Bert (Ben) Vande Berg (86), Orange City, IA
• Adrianus Langenberg (85), Beverwijk

• 1981 » Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor
• 1981 » Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 » Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
• 1981 » Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer
• 1981 » Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress
• 1981 » Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Roberto Guana Italian footballer
• 1981 » Shawn Redhage, American-Australian basketball player
• 1981 » Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer

• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
• 1984 » Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)

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 6 » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• March 5 » The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1​⁄₂ million units around the world.
• April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
• August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

The temperature on January 21, 1981 was between -1.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.