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• Sean Mikelle Kranendonk, Ogden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2010)
• Laurens Swarts, Apeldoorn († 1982)
• Raymond Robertus Johannes van Boxtel, Nieuwkuijk († 1983)
• Maarten ter Horst, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dieter Van Hove († 1981)

• Arnoldus Hillegardus Van Beukering (82), 's Gravenhage
• Bareld Westerhof (65), Assen, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoeven (79), Harderwijk
• Antje Bulk (69), Nieuw-Vennep
• Albertus Noord (89), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara DESENDER (90), Torhout
• Carolus Daemen (90), Retie (België)
• Albertien Katuin (87), Wilhelmsoord
• Beatrice Sacchetti (77), Roma
• Bernardus Wilhelmus van Ampting (85), Madison, Madison County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten

• 1979 » Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
• 1979 » Josh Low, English footballer
• 1980 » Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
• 1981 » Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian international footballer, goalkeeper
• 1981 » Matt Hoopes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
• 1981 » Vivek Shraya, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1982 » James Yap, Filipino basketball player
• 1982 » Shameka Christon, American basketball player

• 1970 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1973 » Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1974 » Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
• 1981 » Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1984 » Avon Long, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1992 » María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)

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 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
• March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
• April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
• July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
• November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The temperature on February 15, 1981 was between -4.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.