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• JELLE MOSTERT, AMSTELVEEN
• Gene Matthew BANKS, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2001)

• Alphonse KUTTLER (71), Mulhouse, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Augustinus J. van Boxtel (41), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arina Sprang, van (41), Reeuwijk
• Antonius Bernardus Majoor (75), Laren N.H
• Arthur Maria Jozef SEGERS (71), Sint-Niklaas,9100,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Bela van der HAK (97), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia KEMPER (45), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Boudewijn Filee (77), Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bastiana Stuurman (79), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Bouwe Nannes Kalma (74), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1980 » Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 » Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
• 1980 » Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player
• 1980 » Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1980 » Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
• 1980 » Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1980 » Suzanna Choffel, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer
• 1981 » Helen Wyman, English cyclist

• 1977 » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
• 1977 » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
• 1977 » William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1978 » Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
• 1979 » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
• 1980 » Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)

• 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 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 26 » Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
• June 24 » The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17years.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

The temperature on March 4, 1981 was between -0.7 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.