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• Elizabeth Ann Riphagen, Sioux County, Iowa († 1981)
• Paula Hulsinga, Assen († 1981)
• Gerold Sergio Westmaas, Domburg Suriname († 2022)
• Ruben Vrinzen
• Leonie Chantal Grift († 1984)

• Cornelis van Dolderen (79)
• Cornelis KAPTEIN (73), Rotterdam
• anna BERGSMA (87), renswoude
• Anibal Ferreira Danguy (74)
• Cornelis Rissik (88), London (GB)
• Alijda Johanna Lensink (87), Den Haag
• Anna Louisa Bernadina Magerij (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Claudia Bakker (91)
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes STEENBAK (82), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Cornelis Kaptein (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1979 » José Luis López, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » José Bautista, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 » Rajai Davis, American baseball player
• 1981 » Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
• 1981 » Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 » Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist
• 1982 » Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer
• 1982 » Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director
• 1982 » Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer
• 1982 » Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

• 1970 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Gig Young, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Son House, American singer and guitarist (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. 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.
• 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.
• September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• September 25 » Belize joins the United Nations.
• 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 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The temperature on October 19, 1981 was between 0.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.