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• Teunis Visscher († 2018)
• Teun Visscher († 2018)
• Nancy Femme Marina Heesters, Amsterdam
• Bernardus van Laarhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Bate Titus van Essen (85)
• Anna Geertruida Bolkenstein (75), amsterdam, Nederland
• August Willem Vermeulen (80), Voorburg
• Derk Knol (64), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Bert van de Wege (78), Prairie View, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Carrie Iwerks (88), Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Teeuwen (59), Leiden
• Antonie Nicolaas Pijpers (75), Utrecht
• Leonard
• Arie Oudshoorn (74), Leiden

• 1979 » Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 1980 » Tony Hackworth, English footballer
• 1981 » Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
• 1981 » Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Sina Schielke, German sprinter
• 1981 » Yo Gotti, American rapper
• 1982 » Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1982 » Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
• 1982 » Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer

• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Hendrik
8. Maarten
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Johanna
6. Marieke
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 6 » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• March 1 » Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.
• October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

The temperature on May 19, 1981 was between 11.6 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.