About the day » Wednesday July 22, 1981Calender converter

• Michael Hendrikus Johannes "Ruud " Velden van († 1982)
• Maarten Verkooijen († 1983)

• Antonius Maria KAPITEIJN (71), Lisse
• Edwin Arthur 'Eddie' Anderson (52), Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Esa Johanna Agnes Brouwer (78), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje ten Velthuis (92), Wedde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Arie Pieter Vermeij (81), Dordrecht
• Catharina Johanna Maria Wolfers (65), Amsterdam
• Catharina Verduin (85), Alkmaar
• Coenraad Van Der SCHANS (75)
• Cornelia Adriana Beljaars (65), Breda
• Alberdina Waterink (78)

• 1979 » Lucas Luhr, German racing driver
• 1979 » Yadel Martí, Cuban baseball player
• 1980 » Dirk Kuyt, Dutch footballer
• 1980 » Kate Ryan, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1980 » Tablo, South Korean-Canadian rapper
• 1982 » Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1983 » Aldo de Nigris, Mexican footballer
• 1983 » Andreas Ulvo, Norwegian pianist
• 1983 » Dries Devenyns, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 » Steven Jackson, American football player

• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1986 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1992 » David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954)

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. 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 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.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• August 7 » The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.

The temperature on July 22, 1981 was between 12.3 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.