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• Sheri Ann Brunsting, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2007)
• Nynke Koster, Leeuwarden
• Randall Gene Bock, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, VS († 2018)
• Dennis Reitsema, Niekerk († 2016)
• Jacqueline van der Reijken, Monster († 2015)

• Albert Nieboer (86)
• Alvina Heilman (47), Knox, Benson County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Wybrens Wartena (64), Oostermeer
• Adriana Zijderveld (85)
• Aleida Marie Reidel (61), Dordrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Antoon Tesselaar (78), Amsterdam
• Annigje Laan van der (72), Reeuwijk Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina van den Bosch (89), 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Quetting (95), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Roetcisoender (81), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland

• 1979 » Ivica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 1979 » Kelly Brook, English model and actress
• 1979 » Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1980 » David Britz, American nanotechnologist and engineer
• 1980 » Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
• 1980 » Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
• 1982 » Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
• 1982 » Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 » Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 » Nasser Al-Shamrani, Saudi Arabian footballer

• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
• 1976 » André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)
• 1983 » Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1984 » Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931)

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 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• July 30 » As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• 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 23, 1981 was between 5.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.