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• Lien Persoons, Aalst (B), België († 2013)
• NN TEFFER, Amsterdam († 1981)

• Afra Maria Buijsman (79), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AMEL JAN THOMAS VAN EIJK (74), ROTTERDAM
• Aaltje Koopman (78), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Oers (73), Oosterhout
• Albert Hoving (63)
• Alfred Henri Johan Marie TERWINDT (89), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Christina Sietsema (47), Zandvoort (Noord-Holland)
• Maria Catharina Hendrika (Marie) de Klerk (76), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Koopman (78), Hattem, Nederland
• Aaldrik Cost (81)

• 1979 » Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Vince Grella, Australian footballer
• 1980 » James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
• 1980 » Paul Thomas, American bass player
• 1981 » Andy Nägelein, German footballer
• 1981 » Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast
• 1981 » Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
• 1982 » Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
• 1982 » Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
• 1983 » Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer

• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)
• 1992 » Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

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.
• January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• June 5 » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
• November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 5, 1981 was between 8.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.