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• Aaltje Horsman (71)
• Anna Margaretha Wetzelaer (68), Tilburg
• Albert Pieter Heslinga (73), Groningen
• Alexander Ludovicus Van de Weygaert (80), Brasschaat
• Antonia, Maria, Elisabeth Klep (60), Eindhoven
• Adolphe Antoine VANBERG (79), WELKENRAEDT, Liège, Belgique
• Aartje Van Altena (72), Vancouver, Canada
• Aloysia Bernarda Maria Reith (60), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Adrianus Trouwborst (90), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Caroline" Henriette de Busseul (62), Augsburg, Allemagne

• 1979 » Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
• 1980 » Mason Unck, American football player
• 1981 » David Bailey, American basketball player
• 1981 » Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
• 1981 » Julius Malema, South African politician
• 1982 » Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 » Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 » Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1982 » Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer
• 1983 » Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer

• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)
• 1990 » Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (b. 1895)
• 1991 » William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)

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. 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.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

The temperature on March 3, 1981 was between 0.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.