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• Dirk Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Joash Othniel McDonald, Jamaica († 2010)
• Dirk Dirksz Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Mike Oudehinken († 1987)

• Albert CACHEUX (72), Avesnes-sur-Helpe (FRA)
• Bernardus Theodorus Tangena (39), America-Horst
• Anna Maria Christiana van Rooij (37), Roosendaal
• Agnes Johanna Frenken (69), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonie Willem Pleune
• Arie Middelhof (69), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Christina Elizabeth Visser (83)
• Annechien HUT (72), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Verweij (69), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert van der Veen (91), -

• 1979 » Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
• 1979 » Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
• 1980 » Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
• 1981 » Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1981 » Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer
• 1982 » Cynthia Stevenson, American actress
• 1982 » Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
• 1982 » Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 » Kerry Rhodes, American football player
• 1983 » Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer

• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
• 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
• 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)

• 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 8 » Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
• June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
• October 20 » Two police officers and an armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground.
• December 14 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
• December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.

The temperature on August 2, 1981 was between 11.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.