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• Joseph Thomas Cook
• Charlene Smeenk, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Ivens, Leuven († 1981)
• Herjan Buiter, Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1982)

• Arina Hendrina van Waardhuizen (81), Zuilichem gem. Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Keet (80), Den Helder, Nord-Holland, Niederlande
• Athol Brian Garth Tevelein (72), Wynyard (Tasm)
• Antonia Maria Aarts (66), Tilburg,,NB Hollland
• Arnoldis Frederikus Witteveen (62), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Dijkslag (86), Rheden
• Aaltje Eding (82), Buinen, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Anthonie van der Meeren (83), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Agnes Geertruida Vilters (83), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie POLAK (79), Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1960 » Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress
• 1960 » Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
• 1960 » Kyle Gass, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1962 » Vanessa Lawrence, English geographer and civil servant
• 1963 » Jacques Lacombe, Canadian organist and conductor
• 1971 » Howard Webb, English footballer and referee
• 1974 » David Mitchell, British comedian
• 1977 » Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
• 1983 » Tito Muñoz, American conductor and academic
• 1988 » Jérémy Stravius, French swimmer; winner of five gold medals in Olympic and world championship competitions.

• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)
• 1984 » Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter; Academy Award winner for The French Connection (b. 1928)
• 1986 » Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer (b. 1893)
• 1989 » Frank Bell, English linguist and academic (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter (b. 1906)
• 1993 » Léo Ferré, Monacan singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet (b. 1916)

• 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 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• June 24 » The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It remained the world's longest bridge span for 17years.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
• December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The temperature on July 14, 1981 was between 11.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.