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April 20, 1981Died on Tuesday April 21, 1981
- Anna Cornelia Maria Spitters (78)
- Albertus Klaas Bunt (64), Leeuwarden
- Benjamin Alexander John Cameron (96), aged 96 years, NSW, AU
- Anna Cornelia Maria Spitters (78), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alphonse DELHALLE (76), Namêche, 92093, Namur, Belgique
- Berend Jan van der Vegt (77), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Antonius,Franciscus de Rooy (63)
- Albertus de Mooij (56), Rijnsburg
- Albertus Florentinus Herrling (78), Oostende, West Vlaanderen, België
- Anna Maria Mechtildis DAS (83), Bree Belgie
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 21, 1981 at Delpher
Born on April 21
- 1979 » James McAvoy, Scottish actor
- 1979 » Tobias Linderoth, French-Swedish footballer and coach
- 1979 » Virginie Basselot, French chef
- 1980 » Jeff Keppinger, American baseball player
- 1980 » Tony Romo, American football player
- 1980 » Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Mads Junker, Danish footballer
- 1982 » Carnell Williams, American football player
- 1982 » Khalif Barnes, American football player
- 1982 » Micheal Luck, Australian rugby league player
Died on April 21
- 1977 » Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)
- 1978 » Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (b.1947)
- 1978 » Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
- 1980 » Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
- 1980 » Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- 1983 » Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)
- 1984 » Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)
- 1984 » Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)
- 1985 » Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)
- 1985 » Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
Names that were popular for boys in 1981
- Johannes
- Jan
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Michael
- Hendrik
- Peter
- Paul
- Pieter
- Mark
- Robert
- David
- Maria
- Jeroen
- John
- James
Names that were popular for girls in 1981
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Anna
- Linda
- Anne
- Cornelia
- Kim
- Marieke
- Catharina
- Ann
- Elizabeth
- Esther
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1981
- 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.
- March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
- July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
- November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
The weather on Tuesday April 21, 1981
The temperature on April 21, 1981 was between 0.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI