About the day » Friday May 29, 1981Calender converter

• Sigrid Ingeborg Sloof* († 1997)

• Alphons Marie Vaessen (56), Venlo
• Aart van Leerdam (80)
• Alberta Maria Matser (62), Weesp
• Adrianus de Boer (70)
• Aleida Théodora Thérèsia Baudry (56), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aukje Nieuwenhuis (68), Enschede
• Antonius van de Westerlo (82), Deurne
• Carolus Guilielmus RIBBENS (94), Brasschaat
• Anna Maris Wubben (92)
• Bets Oudhuis (86), Beverwijk

• 1978 » Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
• 1979 » Arne Friedrich, German footballer
• 1979 » Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
• 1979 » John Rheinecker, American baseball player († 2017)
• 1980 » Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer
• 1982 » Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player
• 1982 » Matt Macri, American baseball player
• 1982 » Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete

• 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1973 » George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
• 1979 » John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
• 1988 » Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
• 1989 » George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)

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. 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 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
• June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
• 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 May 29, 1981 was between 6.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.