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• Belinda Alexandra Stoker, Johannesburg († 2002)
• Johan Lanzo Anselm Maximiliaan Frans Hubert Maria Wambolt van Umstadt, Darmstadt, Hessen († 1984)
• Mieke van der Horst, Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• Christina Maria Buziau (82), Amsterdam
• Berendina Nijdam (88), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antoon van Hees (59), Tilburg, Nederland
• Albrecht "Albert" Kannegieter (93), Sibley, Osceola Co., IA
• Agnes Bock (73), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Aline Helene Schünemann (87), Lerchenhausen, Twistringen, Germany
• Agnes Bock (73), Kerkrade
• Agnes Hendrika Maria Philipsen (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Corelia Otten (79)
• Bernardus Jouke Buma (82), 's-Gravenhage

• 1979 » J.J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
• 1979 » Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
• 1980 » Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver
• 1980 » Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Paul Whatuira, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1981 » Titus Bramble, English footballer
• 1981 » Vernon Carey, American football player
• 1982 » Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
• 1982 » DeMarcus Ware, American football player

• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
• 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
• 1980 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
• 1990 » Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

• 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 21 » Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
• December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

The temperature on July 31, 1981 was between 8.0 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.