About the day » Monday November 2, 1981Calender converter

• Anita Jongman, Ruinerwold

• Annie Elizabeth Ward (67), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Arendina de Wilde (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Hoek (74), Almelo
• Adrianus Hendrikus WINDEN,VAN (84), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Kuijk (87), Den Haag
• * Adrianus Maria Heesbeen (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Dorothea VAN STADEN (37)
• Adrianus VAN GRIENSVEN (65), Boxtel
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Winden (84), Stompwijk
• Clara Marjorie Blewett (73), Whitby, Ontario, Canada

• 1980 » Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player
• 1980 » Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
• 1981 » Miryo, South Korean rapper
• 1981 » Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer
• 1981 » Monica Iozzi, Brazilian actress
• 1981 » Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
• 1981 » Roddy White, American football player
• 1982 » Charles Itandje, French footballer
• 1982 » Yunel Escobar, Cuban-American baseball player

• 1970 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
• 1975 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
• 1990 » Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)

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. Dennis
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
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.
• March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• June 24 » The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17years.
• September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The temperature on November 2, 1981 was between 10.0 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.