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• Fergal McCartan, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1981)

• Albert van der Laan (97), Zuidhorn
• Axel Johnson (91), Grantsburg, Burnett, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Peter Braak (72), Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, US
• Albert Boschloo (74), Gorssel
• Chris Robert Uhlenhopp (82), Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
• Antje Schipper (76), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Fryslân, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Kamper (94), Urk
• Agnes Cornelius (92)
• Catherine Roberts
• Berdina Christina Jacoba van der Poel (93), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1979 » Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
• 1980 » Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
• 1980 » Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
• 1980 » Randy Orton, American wrestler
• 1981 » Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
• 1981 » Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1982 » Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
• 1982 » Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
• 1983 » Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 » Sean Taylor, American football player († 2007)

• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1991 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
• 1993 » Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)

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.
• April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• 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.
• October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• December 15 » A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.

The temperature on April 1, 1981 was between 7.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.