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• Kathy Van Herck, Leuven, V-Br, BE († 1981)
• Roy * van Buuren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Patrick Thomas Wilhelm Riem, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Floris Constantijn Spierenburg, Katwijk († 1981)

• Bernardus Albertus Marinus Loohuis (57), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Kornelia de Gruijter (90), rotterdam
• Aagje Maria Vrijenhoek (78), Leidschendam, Nederland
• Adrianus Ludovicus Bernardus M. Maria Lingers (91), Roermond (Lim)
• Anna Willemijntje van Ooyen (87), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria Poels (86), Tilburg
• A. Clarijs (63), ,, Sprundel, Nederland
• Bauke Ages Cnossen (93), Lansing Ingham County Michigan
• Clamentia Alida Hollaardt (82), Rotterdam
• Anna Irene Williams Rathbun (80), Fresno

• 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)

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 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• September 25 » Belize joins the United Nations.
• September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
• November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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.