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• Helena Nathene Vanderlaan, Wallaceburg, ON, Canada

• Baldus Hooijen (30), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Aafje de Wit (83), Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Gerdingen (83), Vlaardingen
• Antonius Hendrikus (Antoon) te Braake (op Nijkamp) (86), Groenlo
• Anna van Gerdingen (83), Vlaardingen
• Apolonia van Marrewijk (66)
• Aaltje Jantine Doornbos (52), Slochteren, Schildwolde
• Baltus Hooijen (30), Hoogeloon
• Baukje van der Kooi (82), Sint Jacobiparochie
• Albarta Elfferich (86), Arnhem

• 1978 » Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
• 1978 » Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
• 1979 » Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
• 1979 » Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
• 1981 » Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
• 1983 » Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
• 1984 » Ricky Romero, American baseball player
• 1984 » Sebastian Schachten, German footballer

• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)

• 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.
• April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• May 12 » Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker, dies in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
• October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
• 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 6, 1981 was between 2.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.