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• Dave Geofry Fredriksz, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pablo Madrid Y.??

• Cornelis Wilhelmus Pfann (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Maria Oude Nijhuis (76), Deurningen
• Cornelis Timmers (42), Terheijden
• Acácio Duboc (64), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Acácio Alves dos Santos (76), Lapa, Paraná, Brasil
• Aagje van Lunteren (75), Diever
• Augustinus Josephus Johannes Duijkers (96)
• Aartje van Olst (82), Hattem, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Corneel Antonius Lameir (75), Sint-Mariaburg, Provincie Antwerpen
• Arnoldus Christiaan Krijnen (70), Hoensbroek, Limburg,Netherlands

• 1980 » Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer
• 1981 » Brock Berlin, American football player
• 1981 » Christoph Preuß, German footballer
• 1981 » Dedé, Angolan footballer
• 1981 » Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 » Will Smith, American football player († 2016)
• 1982 » Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1982 » Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality
• 1982 » Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player
• 1982 » Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist

• 1974 » Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)
• 1984 » Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 1986 » Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Dennis
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Esther
5. Marieke
6. Johanna
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.
• February 24 » The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812million.
• March 1 » Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
• May 21 » The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries.
• August 7 » The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
• November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
• 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 4, 1981 was between 12.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.