About the day » Tuesday July 7, 1981Calender converter

• Virginie Naaktgeboren, Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland) († 2019)
• Mark Meijs, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Albert Mesken (80), Appelscha
• Charles Marion "Pete" House (71), Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
• Christiaan DE GOEDE (83), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Gezina Maria Limburg (77), Heemstede
• Anna Hug (79), Amsterdam
• Albert Frederick John RUSSELL (60), Plymouth
• Clasina van den Eijkel (79), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Buis Janszoon (88), Laren
• Arie de Vreugd (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Hage (70), Sint Maartensdijk

• 1979 » Anastasios Gousis, Greek sprinter
• 1979 » Douglas Hondo, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1979 » Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, Saudi Arabian terrorist († 2015)
• 1980 » John Buck, American baseball player
• 1980 » Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
• 1980 » Serdar Kulbilge, Turkish footballer
• 1981 » Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
• 1982 » George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
• 1982 » Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
• 1983 » Justin Davies, Australian footballer

• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1976 » Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)
• 1980 » Dore Schary, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (b. 1901)
• 1984 » George Oppen, American poet and author (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Bill Cullen, American television panelist and game show host (b. 1920)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. Willem
12. David
13. Patrick
14. Dennis
15. Pieter
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Esther
4. Kim
5. Marieke
6. Anna
7. Johanna
8. Jessica
9. Suzanne
10. Wendy
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 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• 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.
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.

The temperature on July 7, 1981 was between 12.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.