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• N.N. Wolbink, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)
• Roy * van Buuren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Kathy Van Herck, Leuven, V-Br, BE († 1981)
• Remi Jeroom Cornil Vanelslander, Westvleteren
• Floris Constantijn Spierenburg, Katwijk († 1981)

• * Cornelis Wilhelmus Sleeuwenhoek (80), Schiedam
• Anna Willemijntje van Ooijen (87), Oosterhout (Gld.)
• Anna Willemijntje van Ooyen (87), Oosterhout, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bauke Ages Cnossen (93), Lansing Ingham County Michigan
• Antonius Johannes Gerardus Reijers (81), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clamentia Alida Hollaardt (82), Rotterdam
• BETTY JANE TAYLOR (58), Goldsboro, Wayne, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Kathleen Seybold (87), Provo,, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Alvina P Neuharth (64), Hurdsfield, Wells, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Albertus Marinus Loohuis (57), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1978 » John Grabow, American baseball player
• 1980 » Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
• 1980 » Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player († 2015)
• 1980 » Richard Owens, American football player and coach
• 1981 » Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer
• 1981 » Vince Wilfork, American football player
• 1982 » Devin Hester, American football player
• 1982 » Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower († 2009)
• 1983 » Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist († 2014)
• 1984 » Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player

• 1974 » Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Burhan Felek, Turkish lawyer and journalist (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Gil Whitney, American journalist (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet and author (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (b. 1906)

• 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.
• February 24 » The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812million.
• May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• July 17 » A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
• October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

The temperature on November 4, 1981 was between 4.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.