About the day » Tuesday October 6, 1981Calender converter

• Ron Zonneveld († 2003)
• Peter Zonneveld († 2003)
• Jacques Zonneveld († 2003)

• Arnold Hubert Joseph Vandermeeren (85), Sint-Truiden, België
• Elisabeth Maria Klavers (79), Breda
• Adrianus de Jong (47), Zevenbergen (nabij Moerdijk)
• Dorothy Joy BOWDEN (31), Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
• Emma Mathilde Schaefer (84), Volledar
• Berendina Lems (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Egbert Nijeboer (50)
• Albert van Heumen (74), Eindhoven
• Anna Helena van Bennekom (45)
• Dirk Wolvers (64), Gouda

• 1980 » Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
• 1980 » Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist († 2013)
• 1980 » Wes Durston, English cricketer
• 1981 » José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1981 » Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
• 1982 » Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
• 1982 » Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player
• 1982 » Paul Smith, English boxer
• 1982 » William Butler, American musician and composer

• 1974 » Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
• 1979 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1983 » Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)

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.
• January 19 » Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

The temperature on October 6, 1981 was between 9.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 21.3 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.