About the day » Wednesday July 1, 1981Calender converter

• Amy Lee Nieman, IA or MN († 1981)
• Anna Tol
• Jessica Kaak, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1981)

• Aaffien Por (96), Zwolle, Nederland
• Aafien Willems POR (96)
• Daniël Gerardus Weerts (64)
• Anna Thecla Tecla Kramer (86), Erica, Emmen
• Anthonie van Langeraad (66), Amerongen
• Cornelia Gertrudis Maria Limmen (19), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Christiaan Krijnen (70), Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands
• Charles Spence Brookes (83), Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States of America
• Clara Laskowski (87), Bergen, Oakland, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van de Kuilen (51), Voorthuizen

• 1977 » Keigo Hayashi, Japanese musician
• 1977 » Tom Frager, Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1981 » Carlo Del Fava, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1981 » Tadhg Kennelly, Irish-Australian footballer
• 1982 » Adrian Ward, American football player
• 1982 » Hilarie Burton, American actress
• 1982 » Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
• 1982 » Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
• 1984 » Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper

• 1968 » Fritz Bauer, German judge and politician (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Learie Constantine, Trinidadian-English cricketer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1901)
• 1971 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Kurt Student, German general and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Buckminster Fuller, American architect, designed the Montreal Biosphère (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Michael Landon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)

• 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.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• June 5 » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
• June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
• July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.

The temperature on July 1, 1981 was between 12.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.