About the day » Tuesday January 20, 1981Calender converter

• Wayne BISHOP, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1981)
• Maurits Sebastiaan Balthazar Ijzerman, Nieuw Beijerland († 2004)
• Christopher William GLENDAY, Abingdon († 2005)

• Beulah Ann Hebron (80)
• Cletus Maynard Brooks (67), Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
• Anna Maria Josepha Geerts (73), Schoten (B)
• Arnoldus Henricus van Dal (68), Tilburg
• Arthuur Isidoor Logghe (80), Wervik
• Cornelia Petronella Spanings (83), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Casparus Marinus Adrianus Klugt (85), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berend Fluit (61), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonetta BUIJS (78), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland.
• Cornelia Adriana VALKENBURG (61), Hilversum

• 1980 » Karl Anderson, American wrestler
• 1980 » Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
• 1980 » Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
• 1980 » Philippe Cousteau, Jr., American-French oceanographer and journalist
• 1980 » Philippe Gagnon, Canadian swimmer
• 1981 » Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 » Jason Richardson, American basketball player
• 1981 » Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
• 1982 » Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer

• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1989 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)

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. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Johanna
6. Marieke
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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
• July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• August 19 » Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
• 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.
• September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on January 20, 1981 was between -1.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.