About the day » Thursday July 2, 1981Calender converter

• Johanna Pieternella Barbera Maria van Dijk, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Joseph Dale Kline († 1981)

• Daren Michael Randall (10), Davidson CoNorth Carolina
• Aart Johannes Pieter Trompert (72), Leidschendam
• Atze Jan (Hendriks) van Doezum (26)
• Anna Catharina (Catrerina) Tapken (94), Kopstukken Onstwedde
• Anna Katharina Tapken (94), Kopstukken Onstwedde
• Anna Catharina Tapken (94), Stadskanaal(Gr)-Kopstukken
• Catharina A.C. van den Berg (60), Noordwijkerhout
• Aartje van Beek (70), Voorthuizen
• Antonia Hordijk (84)
• Catharina Alida van den Berg (60), Noordwijkerhout

• 1978 » Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn
• 1979 » Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 († 2001)
• 1979 » Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver
• 1979 » Walter Davis, American triple jumper
• 1980 » Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
• 1981 » Carlos Rogers, American football player
• 1981 » Nathan Ellington, English footballer
• 1983 » Kyle Hogg, English cricketer
• 1983 » Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)
• 1989 » Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)

• 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.
• April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
• May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
• July 30 » As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
• August 22 » Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
• October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
• 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 2, 1981 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.