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• Henriette de Lange († 1982)
• Henriette Marjan de Lange, Marienberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1982)
• Laura Keuker, Nijkerk († 2008)

• Albert Jedlicka (63)
• Adriën Schot (16)
• Alida Bok (69), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Alida Petronella ten Bosch (86), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Cornelius de Kroon (68), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Ludovica De Smet (70), Bornem
• Brandje Rozendaal (81), Barneveld
• Alida van Ginkel (47)
• Andre Van Nuffelen (62), Betekom, Brabant, Belgium
• Berendina FOKKEN (78), Hoogeveen

• 1980 » Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor
• 1980 » Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor and voice artist
• 1980 » Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer
• 1980 » Samaire Armstrong, American model, actress, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Irina Denezhkina, Russian author
• 1981 » Mike Napoli, American baseball player
• 1981 » Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 1981 » Steven Hunter, American basketball player
• 1982 » Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire

• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)

• 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 8 » A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
• January 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• 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.
• September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
• October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

The temperature on October 31, 1981 was between 6.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.