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• Egbert Schuttert, Ambt Ommen
• Margaretha DE WOLFF († 2019)
• Rick Evan Hulstein († 1982)
• Mariëlla Esther de Geus, Raamsdonkveer († 2001)
• Michelle Schaake, Heerlen,6400,Limburg,Nederland
• Marijke Anna Zondervan, Groningen

• Alida Snijders (81), Delft
• Catharine NN (97), Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin
• Anna Pieternella van Ast (77), Sint Annaland
• Anna Harriette Wecker (91), Queensland, Australia
• Clifton Prentice Fountain (55), Sour Lake, Hardin, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Dymphna Maria Bouwens (81), Dongen
• Alex van den Akker (58), Amsterdam
• Apolonia Louwerse (80), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Elisah McDonald 2nd Twin (78), Jamaica, Caribbean
• Adriana van Opzeeland (76), Heemstede

• 1979 » Ben Jelen, Scottish-American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Mat McBriar, American football player
• 1980 » Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 » Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
• 1981 » Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
• 1981 » Wolfram Müller, German runner
• 1982 » Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
• 1982 » Sophia Bush, American actress and director
• 1983 » John Bowker, American baseball player
• 1983 » Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1979 » Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)

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 1 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• 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.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

The temperature on July 8, 1981 was between 13.8 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 22.1 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.