About the day » Friday April 3, 1981Calender converter

• Willem Hendrik Bos († 1981)
• Jesseline V. Christina

• Cecilia Theodora van Haandel (65), Berghem, 3317, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Smal (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Hendrik van Dijk (76), Rotterdam
• Charlie Minton (95), Bush, Laurel County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Betje Smit (75), Assen
• Alida Johanna Femia Duffels (90), Amsterdam
• Agnes Josephina Mechtildes van Melick (73), Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Barend Bernardus Biesenbeek (52), Haarlem
• Cesar PION (78), Mishawaka (Indiana), Verenigde Staten
• Achiel Janssens (68), Herentals

• 1979 » Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
• 1980 » Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
• 1980 » Megan Rohrer, American pastor and transgender activist
• 1981 » Aaron Bertram, American trumpet player
• 1981 » DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
• 1982 » Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
• 1982 » Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Jared Allen, American football player
• 1983 » Ben Foster, English footballer
• 1983 » Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 » Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
• 1976 » Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1976 » David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 1986 » Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)

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.
• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• 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.
• November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The temperature on April 3, 1981 was between 7.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.