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• Flavia Lucienne Versteegh, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil († 2017)
• Flavia Lucienne Versteegh, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië († 2017)
• Adriana Alexandra Catharina Koedam, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland

• Antonia Maria Pot (83)
• Christientje Geertruida Dagevos (79), Zeist
• Clemens Duurland (83), Laren
• Christina Helena de Heus (81), Heerlen (L)
• Berend Gruis (78)
• Catharina van Wijchen (74), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (15t)Walterus Adrianus Theodorus Petrus van Bezouw (73), Eindhoven
• Christianus A. Voeten (68)
• Catharina de Kock (79)
• Arie Langendoen (91), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1979 » Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 1980 » Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Suzy, Portuguese singer
• 1981 » Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier
• 1981 » Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer
• 1981 » Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
• 1982 » Aitor Hernández, Spanish racing cyclist
• 1982 » Céline Deville, French footballer
• 1982 » Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka
• 1982 » Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper and singer

• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
• 1973 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1975 » Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)

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. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
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 8 » A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
• March 1 » Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on January 24, 1981 was between 1.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.