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• Edgar George Heineman, Alkmaar
• Simon Benjamins, Alteveer, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Bastiaan (Bas) van der Kaaij (98), Westland(ZH)-'s-Gravenzande
• Adelheid (Bernardus Josephus Swieters) Lügering (61)
• Geertruida Elisabeth Maria Touw (25), Heerlen
• Antonia Theodora van Hooff (79), Waalwijk
• Elspeth Louise Ditewig (63), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Anthony Kondracki (74), Hales Corners, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Welle (93), Bosbeek
• Evertje Hop (91), Elburg
• Don Leonard Merrill (72), San Luis Obispo County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Knapper (68), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1977 » Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• 1977 » Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
• 1978 » Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 » Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player
• 1983 » Steven Yeun, American actor
• 1985 » Tom Sturridge, English actor

• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)

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.
• January 19 » Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• 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.
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• 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.
• September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The temperature on December 21, 1981 was between -6.9 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.