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• Telitha Strydom, Durban († 1999)
• bart c.w. timmermans, helden-beringe

• Bartus van Dam (80)
• Arthur Esme PHILPOTT (92)
• Bartele Abrahams Nicolai (88)
• Albert Everant Leavitt (80), Clackamas, Oregon, United States
• Adrianus de Geus (86), Den Helder
• Antonio Barcenas Ortiz (72), Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Aaltje de Vries (83)
• Anna Hapers (69), Arendonk (België)
• Bartus van Dam (83), Wateringen
• Adrianus Holleman (71)

• 1980 » Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 » Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1981 » Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
• 1981 » Chiharu Niiyama, Japanese actress and model
• 1981 » Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
• 1981 » Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
• 1981 » Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
• 1982 » Braith Anasta, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1982 » Chris Heighington, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1982 » Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1977 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1981 » G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893)
• 1981 » John O'Grady, Australian author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1984 » Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Hendrik
8. Maarten
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
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 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• July 17 » A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
• September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice 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 January 14, 1981 was between -0.5 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain during 14.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.