About the day » Tuesday December 8, 1981Calender converter

• Luiz Fernando Reinert, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1988)
• Willem Sjoerd Dijkstra
• Eric John LAWRENCE, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2007)
• David James Grul, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1988)

• * Henrica Anna Allegonda (Jet) Sommers (86), Waalwijk
• "Joseph" Maria Franziskus Hubertus Ignatius Aloysius von Wrede (85)
• Aaltje Greif (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Hendrika Kaptein (70), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christa Truyen (20)
• Charles H Todd ?**** (72), Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten
• Alexander BAILEY (70)
• Berber van der Hoek (93), Damwâld, Nederland
• Broadus Sylvanus Greene (84)
• Catharina Hendrika Kaptein (70), Nieuwegein

• 1979 » Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player
• 1979 » Johan Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1980 » Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner
• 1981 » Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
• 1981 » Philip Rivers, American football player
• 1981 » Simon Finnigan, English rugby league player
• 1982 » Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player
• 1982 » Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 » Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
• 1982 » Serena Ryder, American singer-songwriter

• 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Haim Laskov, Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1984 » Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)

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.
• April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
• December 13 » General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
• December 14 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.

The temperature on December 8, 1981 was between -0.4 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.