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• Anna Margaretha Warmerdam (78), Gemeente Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brunk Lauterbach (80), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Barbara (Beb) Hooftman (75), Groningen
• Arend Ponstein (75), Doornspijk
• Arie Ariesz Snel (70), Nederhorst den Berg
• Antonetta Elisabeth BERKMAN (91), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alle Bert Visscher (54), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Sain (79), Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Snel (70), Nederhorst den Berg
• Berend Brink (87), Nijmegen

• 1979 » Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
• 1980 » Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
• 1981 » John O'Shea, Irish footballer
• 1981 » Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
• 1981 » Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
• 1981 » Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
• 1982 » Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1982 » Kirsten Dunst, American actress
• 1983 » Chris Carr, American football player

• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
• 1974 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
• 1983 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
• 1983 » George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

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 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• 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.
• 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.
• March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

The temperature on April 30, 1981 was between 7.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 16.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.