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• Stefan Josephus Johannes Desar, Gemert

• Alwine Walden (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hampton Hardee Sr. (55)
• Apolonia Adriana RIDDERHOF (75)
• Bastiaaan BOENDER (63), Rotterdam
• Alice Wesselhoeft (88), Dover, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van Lenten (76)
• bastiaan BOENDER (63), rotterdam
• Adrianus Grootenboer (79), Dirksland
• Belle W Quesenberry (61), Dugspur, Carroll, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Alko Wessels (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1978 » Carl Bussey, American soccer player
• 1978 » Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
• 1979 » Andy Douglas, American wrestler
• 1979 » Jamar Beasley, American football player
• 1979 » Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
• 1980 » Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
• 1982 » Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
• 1982 » Jeff Larish, American baseball player
• 1982 » Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
• 1982 » Terrell Suggs, American football player

• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
• 1977 » MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1983 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 1988 » Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1989 » M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)

• 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.
• August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• 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 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.

The temperature on October 11, 1981 was between 5.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.