About the day » Wednesday December 16, 1981Calender converter

• Pieter Jan Rosing, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anna Rijks- (80), Alteveer, Nedderland
• Cecilia Jongerden (62), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna M. (Anneke Adriaanse) van Rhijn (30), Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Albert Moes (92)
• Anna Jacoba van Wijnen (89), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August Johannes Carstens (79), Cottonwood, Yavapai, Arizona, United States of America
• Adriana Woutera Berends (87), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Johannes van der Pol (74), Amsterdam
• Arie Deij, Axel Nederland
• Bernice Louise Brown Dubois (82), Herrin, Williamson County, Illinois, United States of America

• 1979 » Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
• 1979 » Luke Harper, American wrestler
• 1979 » Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
• 1980 » Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
• 1981 » Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
• 1981 » Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
• 1982 » Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
• 1982 » Antrel Rolle, American football player
• 1982 » Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer

• 1974 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1977 » Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1984 » Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
• 1985 » Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)

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. 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.
• August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
• August 22 » Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

The temperature on December 16, 1981 was between -10.7 °C and -5.3 °C and averaged -8.1 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.