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• Renatus Sylvester (René) Boers, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2023)

• Adriana Theodora Eijgermans (91), Delft,-
• Annigje Selles (88), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Godefrida van Gog (72), Deurne
• Anna Houtsma (80), Voorburg, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alexander Passovoy (1974), Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Annie KLEINES (48)
• Aantje de Jong (77), Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Geerdink (80), Ootmarsum
• Albert Alfred BUGG (58), Somerset, Tasmania, Australia
• Annie Elizabeth Jane (Annie) Subritzky , MBE (92), Auckland, New Zealand

• 1977 » Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
• 1978 » James Carter, American hurdler
• 1978 » Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1978 » Stian Arnesen, Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
• 1979 » Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1983 » Phionah Atuhebwe, Ugandan vaccinologist and immunization expert
• 1984 » Alex Smith, American football player
• 1984 » James Loney, American baseball player
• 1984 » Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler
• 1985 » Jarrad Hickey, Australian rugby league player

• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)

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.
• January 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• March 5 » The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1​⁄₂ million units around the world.
• March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• December 1 » Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

The temperature on May 7, 1981 was between 5.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.