About the day » Sunday December 6, 1981Calender converter

• Ardina Theodora van den Broek (84), Gennep, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna de VRIES (74), Venlo (L)
• Adriana Pieternella van Kleunen (88), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Leeuw (88), Hei en Boeicop
• Clarence R Hansen (56), Grand Rapids-MI-USA
• Aart Berg (70), Leerdam,Gemeente Leerdam,South Holland,Pays-Bas
• Cornelia van der Linden (89)
• Cornelia Maria Peeters (93), Nijmegen
• André Henri ARNOUT (75), Clamart, 92023, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France
• Eli Johannes Maria Couwenberg (24), Goirle

• 1980 » Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer
• 1980 » Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach († 2014)
• 1980 » Steve Lovell, English footballer
• 1981 » Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
• 1982 » Robbie Gould, American football player
• 1982 » Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer
• 1982 » Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1982 » Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver

• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Dennis
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Jessica
9. Wendy
10. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
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.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• 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.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 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.
• December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.

The temperature on December 6, 1981 was between 2.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.