About the day » Friday March 6, 1981Calender converter

• Michel Luchies, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)

• Bénédicte de Schwarzenberg (80)
• Adriana Mersel (81), Rotterdam
• Albert Strijker (67)
• Anna Clara Henriette Hoek (75), Rheden
• Antje van der Woude (76)
• Antje Weening (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aleida Hodes (92), Voorst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Arnoldus Driessen (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Benny Weijs (14)
• Antje Freerks Weening (77), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1978 » Chad Wicks, American wrestler
• 1978 » Sage Rosenfels, American football player
• 1979 » Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
• 1979 » Clint Barmes, American baseball player
• 1979 » David Flair, American wrestler
• 1979 » Tim Howard, American soccer player
• 1980 » Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Ellen Muth, American actress
• 1983 » Andranik Teymourian, Armenian-Iranian footballer
• 1984 » Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer

• 1976 » Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Dennis Viollet, English-American soccer player and manager (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 9 July 1921)
• 1982 » Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)
• 1984 » Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (b. 1893)
• 1984 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)

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 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
• 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.
• August 22 » Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
• September 18 » The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• 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 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The temperature on March 6, 1981 was between 1.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.