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• Johan Ruizendaal († 2002)
• Johan Ruizendaal († 2002)
• Madeleine Berends, Voorburg († 2005)

• Clara May Peekema (87), Gridley, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bertus Johannes Gerard Glimmerveen (92), IJmuiden
• Berendina Varkevisser (66), Katwijk
• * Jan Veldhuizen (71), Herwijnen
• Abraham Wijnand Renaud (77), Alphen ad Rijn, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Maria (Jeanne) Doevendans (77), Boxtel, Nederland
• Cornelis (Cees) Albertsz Heere (51), Hoogvliet
• Andries Wassen (56), Assen,Drenthe,Nederland
• ADRIANA SMIT (69), ALBLASSERDAM
• Charles Oliver Russell (61), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

• 1980 » Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1981 » Drew Hodgdon, American football player
• 1981 » Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
• 1982 » Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
• 1982 » D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
• 1982 » Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
• 1982 » Joe Kowalewski, American football player
• 1982 » Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 » Lofa Tatupu, American football player
• 1982 » Rio Hirai, Japanese actress

• 1978 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
• 1981 » Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 1982 » Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1983 » John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 1983 » John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)

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.
• March 1 » Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• 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.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
• 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 15, 1981 was between -1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.