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

• Berendina Nijdam (88), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alma J. Pullyblank (72), Monroe County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Gerardus Petrus van Hulst (84), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anah Mae Hill (90), Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio
• Albert Rongen (46), Maastricht
• * Wilhelmina Petronella Elisabeth Hubertina van Hassel (82), Venlo
• Angelique Johanna Catharina Spaas (75), Haarlemmermeer
• A.B.B. Bosscha (43), Hengelo
• Aaltje Mulder (60), IJmuiden
• Cecile Buyse (55), Landau

• 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)

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 10 » Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
• May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• October 21 » Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
• December 13 » General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
• 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 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.