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• Maarten van Eijk, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Judith Saskia Kruidhof, Almelo,, Overijssel, Nederland

• Alfred Henry Oxspring AOXS01.ALF01 (81), Woodhouse Sheffield
• Christina Wilhelmina Johanna Zieltjens (75), Bussum, NH, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Windt (87), Zwaag, Nederland
• Petrus Jochems (64), Dinteloord
• Arie Mak (57), Zijdewind
• 'Marie Louise' Joséphine Wilhelmine Angélique de WALQUE (71), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, 21019, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Arthur HUBERS (63), Platte, Charles Mix, South Dakota, United States
• Catharina Maria Windt (87), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Romeijn (81), Eindhoven
• Christiaan Wilhelmus Gerritsen (85), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• 1980 » Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
• 1980 » Todd Heap, American football player
• 1981 » Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
• 1981 » Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
• 1981 » Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
• 1981 » Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
• 1982 » Brian Wilson, American baseball player
• 1982 » Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
• 1982 » Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
• 1982 » Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1975 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1977 » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1979 » Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Jigger Statz, American baseball player (b.1897)
• 1988 » Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)

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 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
• November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)

The temperature on March 16, 1981 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.