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• Judit Giesen, Wageningen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Elisabeth van Hoogenbemt, Mechelen, Antwerpen, België († 1982)

• Bernardus Gerhardus Lockhorn (82)
• Cornelia (nel) van Diepen (76), Volendam, Nederland
• Arris Passchier (61), Rijnsburg
• Eelke Boonstra (78), Groningen
• Albert Strijker (66)
• Adela Della M Stephan (86), Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
• Abraham Grerrit (Bram) Vonk (53), groningen
• August Jacob Wouters (80), Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
• Carmelo (Carmenu) Xerri (Scerri) (73)
• Bernd Mumm von Schwarzenstein (80), München, Bayern, Allemagne

• 1980 » Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
• 1980 » Ashley Cole, English footballer
• 1980 » Fitz Hall, English footballer
• 1980 » Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
• 1981 » James Shields, American baseball player
• 1981 » Royal Ivey, American basketball player
• 1982 » David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 » Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer

• 1973 » Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904; assassinated)
• 1974 » André Jolivet, French guitarist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1974 » R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
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.
• January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• February 8 » Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
• March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 20, 1981 was between -6.4 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.