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• Marco Albers, Amsterdam
• Amanda Jo Young († 1981)
• Bas Bouwman, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)

• Aalt de Rooij (89), Otterlo
• Anna Catharina Maria Reibestein (76), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Boonen (96), Harderwijk
• Adriaan Strijd (88)
• * Pieter Adrianus van der Vlies (74), Sliedrecht
• Andries Theodorus Verhoeven (68), Boxtel
• Antonius Christianus Josephus Neggers (85)
• Antonius Bartholomeus Rovers (74), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsius van Geel (77), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marie Odile GUILLEMOT (84), Léhon, 22100, France

• 1979 » Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Dutch racing driver
• 1979 » Christian Rahn, German footballer
• 1979 » Yulia Nestsiarenka, Belarusian sprinter
• 1980 » David Lyons, Australian rugby player
• 1981 » John Paintsil, Ghanaian footballer
• 1982 » Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1982 » Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 » Josh McGuire, Canadian fencer
• 1983 » Julia Fischer, German violinist and pianist
• 1983 » Laura Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1971 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
• 1989 » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Ray McAnally, Irish actor (b. 1926)
• 1991 » Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1991 » Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)

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 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.
• January 19 » Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• June 7 » The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
• July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
• October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.

The temperature on June 15, 1981 was between 13.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.