About the day » Sunday December 6, 1981Calender converter

• van den Bergh (77), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
• Chester Green (83), Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Boon (71), Nieuw-Buinen, Borger
• Eli Johannes Maria Couwenberg (24), Goirle
• Douglas Gordon Barnett (79), Burnie-Tasmania
• Cornelis de Ruijter (55), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Aart Berg (70), Leerdam,Gemeente Leerdam,South Holland,Pays-Bas
• Ebel Heinhuis (65)
• Adriana Pieternella van Kleunen (88), Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Everdina ANBEEK (82)

• 1980 » Carlos Takam, Cameroonian-French boxer
• 1980 » Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach († 2014)
• 1980 » Steve Lovell, English footballer
• 1981 » Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
• 1982 » Robbie Gould, American football player
• 1982 » Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer
• 1982 » Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1982 » Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver

• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)

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. 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 1 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The temperature on December 6, 1981 was between 2.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.