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• Ilona Josina de Vormer, Eindhoven, Nederland († 2012)
• Eveline de Beurs, Den Helder
• Ben Droog († 2000)

• Adrianus Gijsbertus Jacobus van Osnabrugge (69), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernardina Elisabeth NOLLET (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Symons Jellema (86), Offingawier, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Johan Christiaan John Thomas Franck Sydney Ad Riemer (80), Doorwerth
• Albert(h)a van Ekris (80), Maartensdijk
• Angenita Alida Jacoba Cornelia Johanna Hannema (92), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• André Willem Fleuren (52), Sevenum
• Anders Göran Olofsson Mårtensson (78), Gäddede, Frostviken, Jämtlands län (Z)
• Albert Arie Havekotte (50), Diemen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Wedema (75), Groningen, Nederland

• 1978 » Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host
• 1979 » Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater
• 1980 » Adi Keissar, Israeli poet
• 1980 » Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player
• 1981 » Jason Kennedy, American journalist
• 1981 » Javier Saviola, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator
• 1981 » Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentinian race car driver

• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 1978 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1979 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897)
• 1984 » George Waggner, American director, producer and actor (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (b. 1911)
• 1987 » G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (b. 1923)
• 1989 » Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)

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.
• March 1 » Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• 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.
• April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• August 30 » President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

The average temperature on December 11, 1981 was -1.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.