About the day » Tuesday July 21, 1981Calender converter

• Anthonie Jan Pellikaan, Goudriaan († 1984)
• Eric Bonnema, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota († 2013)
• Kendra Marie Achterhof, Phoenix, AZ

• Cornelia Maria van der Wielen (75)
• Elias Haaijer (80), Groningen
• Aaldert Hartkamp (92)
• aagje EDEL (86), rotterdam
• Cornelia Willemsen (89)
• Cornelis Anthonius Henricus Vernooij (72)
• George Takurua (Slabby) Tangitu (77)
• Geertruida Catharina Stroomer (79)
• Darlene Ruth Sillman (44)
• Cornelis Don (68), Vlaardingen

• 1980 » CC Sabathia, American baseball player
• 1980 » Justin Griffith, American football player
• 1980 » Sandra Laoura, French skier
• 1980 » Yvonne Sampson, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1981 » Anabelle Langlois, Canadian figure skater
• 1981 » Joaquín, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 » Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
• 1982 » Jason Cram, Australian swimmer

• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
• 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)

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 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
• 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.
• June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.

The temperature on July 21, 1981 was between 12.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.