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• Bettine Baas
• Bob Smith, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Diana Kroon
• Catharina Henrica Prinsen, Uden

• Carlos Momm (46)
• Aart van Ommen, (89), Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Leontine Josine Marie Heesbeen (78), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alice Lenora Reid (77), Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Bernice Prall (84), Charlestown, Clark, Indiana, United States of America
• Adriana Francisca Lodewika BAERVELDT (97), Bentveld, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Chiel Machiel Mattheus (Giel) Schijf (65), Uithoorn
• Annie Helen Spillars (74), Albuquerque, NM
• Adrianus Lambertus van Geffen (98), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Tempelaar (23), Raamsdonksveer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1979 » Mohsen Moeini, Iranian author and director
• 1979 » Tom Palmer, English rugby union player
• 1980 » Maksim Shevchenko, Kazakhstani footballer
• 1980 » Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
• 1980 » Sean Ryan, American football player
• 1981 » Akhil Kumar, Indian boxer
• 1981 » Hilda Kibet, Kenyan runner
• 1981 » Jukka Keskisalo, Finnish runner
• 1981 » Terry McFlynn, Irish footballer
• 1982 » Shawn Beveney, Guyanese footballer

• 1976 » Georg August Zinn, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Diana Hyland, American actress (b. 1936)
• 1977 » Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch airline pilot (b. 1927)
• 1977 » Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author, playwright, and composer (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (b. 1922)
• 1978 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Sverre Farstad, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
• 1980 » Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer and academic (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929)

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. Marieke
6. Johanna
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 2 » One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• January 8 » A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
• February 6 » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• 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 March 27, 1981 was between 1.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.