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• Bart Emma Karel Van der Veken, Turnhout, België († 2006)
• Vincent MC Grane († 2020)
• Ron Huskens, Roermond

• Cornelis Huigen Ouwehand (91), Katwijk
• Anna Willemina Buys, Groningen
• Cornelis Witte (70), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina van Dijk (78), Westerhaar
• Anna Willemina Julia Punte (86), Glanerbrug, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Cornelis Johannes Adrianus Lipman (86), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Oliver Randolph Nave (51)
• Alke Moorlag (89), Sellingen
• Albert Ray Allen (93), S. Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN
• Arthur John Lamberson (86), Connersville, Fayette, Indiana, United States

• 1980 » Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman, and politician
• 1980 » Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
• 1980 » Jaime Camara, Brazilian race car driver
• 1980 » Orkun Uşak, Turkish footballer
• 1981 » Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
• 1981 » Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Bryan LaHair, American baseball player
• 1982 » Leah Culver, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Pownce
• 1982 » Matthew Williams, Welsh footballer
• 1982 » Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1977 » Alexey Stakhanov, Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
• 1977 » René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1979 » Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Louis Alter, American musician (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1924)
• 1985 » Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (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. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
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 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on November 5, 1981 was between 1.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.