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• Nolke Folkerts Posthuma, Oosthem, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• Tracy Mae, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Krista Jeuring, Gieten († 1981)
• Niels Krause († 2025)
• Nolke Posthuma, Easthim († 2006)

• Albertus Boxtart (71)
• Albertus Tromp (27)
• Antoine Cleiren (93), Antwerpen, prov. Antwerpen
• "Theophile" Scherbeijn (64), Nummer Een, ZL.NL
• Gerridina Hermina (71), Enschede
• Anna Catharina Buter (85)
• Antonius Kuipers (86), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Maria Johannes van Hest (64), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Kamphuis (89), Vaassen,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Roodvoets (89), Rotterdam

• 1980 » Adam Petty, American race car driver († 2000)
• 1980 » Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1980 » Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1980 » James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer
• 1980 » Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1982 » Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer
• 1982 » Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director
• 1982 » Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host
• 1982 » Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer

• 1970 » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
• 1978 » John D. Rockefeller III, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1985 » Fernando Pereira, Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
• 1986 » Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1940)
• 1987 » John Hammond, American record producer, critic, and activist (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)

• 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 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• April 4 » Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
• June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

The temperature on July 10, 1981 was between 16.9 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.