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• Cassie Lee Anderson, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 1981)
• Lauren Patricia Gustus, Dandenong (Victoria, Australië) († 1981)
• Hendrik Hofker († 2009)
• Callie Lynn Anderson, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 1981)
• Joyce Johanna Theadora Fransen, Horssen
• Carrie Ann Anderson, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 1981)

• Benjamin van Rooijen (72)
• Antonia Johanna van Hooydonk (58), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Margaretha Berg (90), Hilversum
• Anyta Bakx (24), Bergen op Zoom
• Antje Johannes Halbesma (93), Morra (Gem. Oostdongeradeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus van Haarlem (81), Nichtevecht
• Aafje JONGENEEL (72), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Leonardus van Gils (65), Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Verhallen (77), Boxtel
• Anyta Bakx (24), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1980 » Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
• 1980 » Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer
• 1980 » Thed Björk, Swedish race car driver
• 1981 » Johnny Jeter, American wrestler
• 1981 » Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
• 1981 » Rebecca Jarvis, American journalist
• 1981 » Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
• 1982 » Anthony Way, English singer and actor
• 1982 » Josh Fields, American baseball player
• 1982 » Steve Sidwell, English footballer

• 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (b. 1896)
• 1985 » Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1989 » Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)

• 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
• 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 4 » Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• July 17 » A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

The temperature on December 14, 1981 was between -3.1 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.