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• Barboro Sandbakk († 2003)
• Jeremy Rex Craighton († 2019)
• Stephanie VanStelle († 1981)
• Peter van Dissel, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• Adrianus Streng (63), Haastrecht
• Berthe ROSER (84), Strasbourg, 67482, 67000, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France
• Aafje van Rijsse (91), Zaandam
• Amber Blanco REEVES (94)
• Jacobus Simon van Rijn (90), Leidschendam
• Albert Moes (92), Kerkenveld, Hoogeveen
• bernard wilken (71), Sogel
• Adrianus Johannes Franken (79), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Wilken (71), Sögel
• Arentje Bos (80), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1979 » Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
• 1979 » Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer
• 1980 » Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
• 1981 » Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor
• 1981 » Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1982 » Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian skier
• 1982 » Kenneth Darby, American football player
• 1982 » Noel Hunt, Irish footballer

• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Savitri, Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (b. 1936)
• 1981 » Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (b. 1916)

• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
• September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on December 26, 1981 was between -5.0 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.