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• Deanna Christine van Gorkum, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
• Sara Marie Johnson († 1981)
• Tony van der Putte († 2002)

• Alexander H Meij (66), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Bluemink (79), Groenlo
• Betsy Anna Hermina de Vries (66)
• Adriana van der Aa (81), Helmond
• Carolus Johannes Cornelis Sellmeijer (86), Amsterdam / NL
• Antonio Macedo Limongi (57), Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anton Steenbergen (66), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• André Emile BLANCHARD (73), Saint-Loup-Cammas, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
• Adolf Josephus Stroombergen (46), Hillegom
• Anna Maria Hubertina Eurlings (87), Maastricht

• 1979 » Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
• 1979 » Stormy Daniels, born Stephanie Gregory, American adult film actress
• 1980 » Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis player
• 1980 » Danny Califf, American soccer player
• 1981 » Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer
• 1981 » Kyle Korver, American basketball player
• 1981 » Nicky Jam, American-Puerto-Rican singer and songwriter
• 1981 » Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
• 1982 » Steven Pienaar, South African footballer

• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)
• 1990 » Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)

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 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
• April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
• May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
• August 3 » Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front – Suxxali Reew Mi.
• August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

The temperature on March 17, 1981 was between -1.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.