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• Helena Johanna Maria Kruik, Sassenheim († 2012)
• Geertje Frederika Agterkamp, Toldijk
• Anouk Gertruda Gerardus Schoffeleers, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Mirella Maria van Spil († 2007)
• Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets, Vlaardingen,Gemeente Vlaardingen,South Holland,Netherlands († 1984)
• Arden Arthur Peters, Neerlandia, Alta (Canada) († 1981)

• "Max" Leonhard Kaspar Maximilian GERHARDS (89), Schwalmtal, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antonius Johan Joseph Gielink (80), Giesbeek
• Agatha Geertruida Petronella Kuipers (89)
• Anna Everarda Koot (70), Utrecht
• Albert Lutjeboer (99), Nieuwe Pekela
• Alvin Eugene Stidham (47)
• Albert van Faassen (93)
• Catharina Charlotte Sophie Berenschot (79), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysia de Quadt-Wykradt-Isny (91), Munich (München), 09184, Allemagne
• Adriana Wilschut (60), Zaandam, Nederland

• 1977 » David Bowens, American football player
• 1978 » Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
• 1979 » Jamie Grove, English cricketer
• 1980 » Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1980 » Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer († 2013)
• 1980 » Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
• 1983 » Edinson Vólquez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 » Churandy Martina, Dutch sprinter
• 1984 » Corey Sevier, Canadian actor and producer
• 1984 » Manny Lawson, American football player

• 1969 » Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1971 » Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891)
• 1978 » James Daly, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ross Martin, American actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (b. 1913)

• 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.
• February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
• April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
• April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
• June 7 » The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on July 3, 1981 was between 12.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.