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• Graham GARRINGER, Delaware County († 1981)
• Gregorius Jozef Theunissen, Den Helder († 2015)
• Timothy Phillip BENNETT († 2009)
• Iris Boissevain, Soest
• Linda Hassing, Gouda, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2011)

• Antonius Josephus Hubertus Marie Damoiseaux (73), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Adrianus Lagendijk (84), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Moes (91), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Antje Kuiper (78)
• Colin Charles Quinn (27), Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Melbourne
• Anna Petronella Aldegonda Brueren (51), Venlo
• "Francis" Georges Albert de Weck (89), Nanyuki, Kenya
• Cornelia van den Bliek (57), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Banning (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Struik (87)

• 1980 » Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
• 1980 » Scott Prince, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 » Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
• 1981 » Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1981 » Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
• 1982 » Ali Bastian, English actress
• 1982 » Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
• 1982 » Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 » Devin Harris, American basketball player
• 1983 » Kate Mara, American actress

• 1973 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1977 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1980 » George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)
• 1985 » J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
• 1986 » Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)

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 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
• July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

The temperature on February 27, 1981 was between -2.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.