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• Bartholomeus Alphons Maria Eijkenboom, Elsloo († 2008)
• Jessica Tot, Brockville, Ontario, Canada

• Armandus Joannes Baptista Paulus (82), Sint-Truiden, België
• Augustinus Van De Sande (90), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Carolina Luijten (82), Tilburg
• Bertha Cornelia Maria van Helsdingen (69), IJsselstein
• Carolus Wilhelmus Hesselberth (78), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Helsdingen (77), Utrecht
• Albert Russell ELLMAN (61), Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
• * Walter Markus Scholte (76), Berkel en Roderijs
• Breunes van de Kaa (76), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ben-Hur Clóvis Rampinelli (55)

• 1979 » Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian murderer
• 1979 » Mena Suvari, American actress and fashion designer
• 1979 » Rachel Reeves, English economist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1979 » Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Carlos Cotto, Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer
• 1981 » Luisão, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Even Helte Hermansen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1982 » Michael Turner, American football player
• 1983 » Anna Watkins, English rower
• 1983 » Mike Nickeas, Canadian baseball player

• 1973 » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
• 1975 » André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
• 1980 » David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1984 » Cheong Eak Chong, Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)
• 1986 » Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1989 » Wayne Hays, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1911)
• 1991 » Arno Breker, German sculptor and illustrator (b. 1900)
• 1992 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1909)

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.
• March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• 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 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• September 18 » The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.

The temperature on February 13, 1981 was between -4.1 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.