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• Vincent G. Peason († 2006)
• Oscar Seine († 1981)

• Adriaan Wilhelm van Duuren (88), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert William Pitts (80), Ventura
• Ankje Aukes Kunnen (78), Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
• Barend (Bers) Versluis (82), Lopik (Lekdijk west 7)
• Abraham Egge Jan van der Leij (73), Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
• Dirk Assenberg van Eijsden (77)
• David HOLSTER Azn (52), Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Albert Zomer (69), Vroomshoop, den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Polak (59), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustinus Cornelis Wittens (72), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1979 » Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 († 2001)
• 1979 » Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
• 1980 » Lucy Shuker, English tennis player
• 1980 » Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1981 » Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
• 1982 » Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
• 1982 » Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1983 » Steve Cronin, American soccer player

• 1975 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)

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.
• May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
• 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.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.

The temperature on May 28, 1981 was between 8.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.