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• Chantal Anna Maria van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dieneke Bredenhoff, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1996)
• Chantal Anna Maria van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Dineke Bredenhoff, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1996)
• Adam Berg

• Bertha Zulma Aline Raman (91), Massemen
• "Anna Elisabeth" Maria Eugenie Sophie Philomena von Arco auf Valley (72)
• Anne-Élisabeth d'Arco-Valley (72), Marquartstein, 09184, Allemagne
• Adriana Cornelia Vogt (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betje Barnstein (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Joanna GEERTS (80)
• Adrianus Thomas Beekers (70)
• Baukje Paulusma (66), Garijp
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Eugenie Sophie Philomena VON ARCO AUF VALLEY (72), Marquarstein
• Ben Bruens (63), Rotterdam

• 1980 » Carsten Schlangen, German runner
• 1980 » Jesse Carlson, American baseball player
• 1980 » Matt Cross, American wrestler
• 1980 » Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Jason Campbell, American football player
• 1981 » Margaret Simpson, Ghanaian heptathlete
• 1981 » Matthew Pavlich, Australian footballer
• 1981 » Ricky Whittle, English actor
• 1982 » Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
• 1982 » Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player

• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1990 » George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)

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 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• 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.
• May 12 » Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker, dies in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
• August 30 » President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

The temperature on December 31, 1981 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.