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• Anke van Lanen, Uden († 1983)

• Annetta Johanna DefFrieze (87), ocala, marion county, florida, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Zoontjes (79), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hoveling (60), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonne Niks (75), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Femmigje Bennink (86), Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Joanna Boeykens (90), Kapellen, Provincie Antwerpen
• Bonne Niks (75)
• Bruno Stanislaus Kochanowski (71), Roermond
• Ernestinus Rosinus Sophius Krudop (74)
• Barend van Leeuwen (87), Amsterdam

• 1979 » Derek Paravicini, English pianist
• 1979 » Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
• 1979 » Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 » Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1980 » Jacinda Ardern, 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1980 » Robert Gallery, American football player
• 1981 » Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1981 » Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
• 1982 » Gilad Hochman, Israeli composer

• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993 » Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)
• 1994 » James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (b. 1901)

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 20 » Ronald Reagan is inaugurated the 40th President of the United States of America. Twenty minutes later, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• December 15 » A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.

The temperature on July 26, 1981 was between 8.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.