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• Diane Marianne Cornelieke Johannie Flach, Rotterdam

• Carlton Edward White (76), Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
• Charles Joseph Philipps (87), Bombay, St.Peters Churchyard
• Camillus Petrus Dellaert (79), Oostburg
• Boelo de Roo (64), Almelo (NL)
• Adrianus Cornelis Groenenberg (91), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria Antonia Jonkergouw (75), Tilburg Noord Brabant Nederland
• Antje Kerkhof (68), Leeuwarden Friesland Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis GROENENBERG (91), Dordrecht
• Adriana J.D.W. Kruimel (69)
• Aebele Evert Kluwer (79), 't Joppe

• 1978 » Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
• 1978 » Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Lee Mears, English rugby player
• 1979 » Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer
• 1980 » Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
• 1981 » Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
• 1982 » Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 » Philipp Haastrup, German footballer
• 1983 » Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer

• 1974 » Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1974 » John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
• 1976 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
• 1980 » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
• 1982 » John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
• 1984 » William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)

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.
• March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• June 5 » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• August 30 » President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• 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.)
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on March 5, 1981 was between -0.1 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.