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• Erik Horsman, Ommen, Nederland († 2024)

• Antonius Hubertus Gerardu (70), Eindhoven
• Anna Catharina Peters (75)
• Alma Schimmel (86), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Amerik Schaap (19), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kaandorp (54), Toronto Canada
• Adriana Bijl (Byle) (80), New Westminster (Greater Vancouver Regional District (BC-Canada)
• Angelica Van Den Bruelle (93), Denderhoutem, Belgium
• Andrine Lenore WEGGELAND (67)
• Anna Maria (Mia) Franssen (59), Heerlen
• Antje Jans Tabak (92), Drogeham Achtkarspelen

• 1980 » Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer
• 1980 » Mancini, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 » Romain Barras, French decathlete
• 1981 » Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
• 1981 » Dean Cox, Australian footballer
• 1981 » Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player
• 1981 » Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
• 1981 » Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
• 1982 » Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer
• 1982 » Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
• 1980 » Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1982 » T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 1989 » John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)

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.
• March 30 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• July 30 » As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
• December 14 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.

The temperature on August 1, 1981 was between 13.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.