About the day » Thursday October 1, 1981Calender converter

• Steven Henry van Hout
• Jessica Lynn van Wyk
• Thomas Dettmer, Papenburg († 2023)
• Annemarie Hoogendyk, Virginia, South Africa

• Cornelia Elisabeth Feskens (82), Breda
• Aagje Stompedissel (79), Den Helder
• Bernardus Johannes Blom (75), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bernard Crowell Schindler (65), Carlsbad, San Deigo County, California
• Agatha Wolters (82), Roermond, Nederland
• Clarita Jensen (85), Belvedere Tiburon, Marin, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna VALKENBURG (86)
• Cornelia van den Heuvel (82), Leidschendam
• Aaltje Helena Bos (78), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bap van der Knaap (57), Vlaardingen

• 1980 » Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
• 1980 » Sarah Drew, American actress
• 1981 » Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
• 1981 » Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
• 1981 » Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 » Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 » Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
• 1982 » Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer

• 1970 » Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)

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.
• March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• June 28 » A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.
• October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
• December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

The temperature on October 1, 1981 was between 9.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.