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• Charles Johannes MARIJNISSEN (71), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernice Adams (84), Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA
• Aukje DEINUM (94), Hindeloopen (Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Abraham Reisman (77), Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Pietersd De Boer (80), Landsmeer, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Jans Bandstra (87), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Bart van Herwaarden (76), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes KARELS (68), 's Gravenhage
• Abel Jakob Hazekamp (73), Adorp (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Cécile Elise Clémentine Janssen-Berger (67), Bad Neuenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

• 1980 » Brandon Armstrong, American basketball player
• 1980 » Henry Perenara, New Zealand rugby league player and referee
• 1980 » Joey Yung, Hong Kong singer
• 1980 » Martin Stranzl, Austrian footballer
• 1980 » Phil Christophers, German-English rugby player
• 1981 » Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
• 1981 » Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
• 1981 » Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist

• 1974 » Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 » Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1982 » James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
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 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• June 5 » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

The temperature on June 16, 1981 was between 10.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.