About the day » Sunday February 22, 1981Calender converter

• Steven Everaert, Gent
• Hillechien Kolk († 1985)
• bas peeters, tegelen
• marlo a.j.f. teeuwen, helden-beringe

• Anna VERNIERS (71)
• Anna Catharina KWANTES (88), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie MORET (78), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johans Buschmann (77), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Pijpers (72), Bunschoten
• Antje Bijlk (Bijlsma) (98), Zuidhorn
• Smolders (66), Tilburg, Netherlands
• Bouwe (Willems) Kramer (79)
• Adolphine GURNÉ (71), Chênée, 4032, Liège, Belgique
• Aleida Catharina Willemsen (69), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1977 » Timo Rose, German actor, director, and producer
• 1978 » Jenny Frost, English singer and dancer
• 1979 » Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
• 1979 » Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
• 1980 » Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 » Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer
• 1980 » Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 » Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• 1984 » Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
• 1984 » Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player

• 1976 » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)
• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)

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 1 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
• May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

The temperature on February 22, 1981 was between -6.8 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.