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• Christiaan Wouter Suyderhoud, Huis ter Heide
• Peter Geeraerts, Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 2001)
• Fedde Johans Osinga († 1990)

• Antonius Johannes Theodorus Rijpkema (90), DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Budding (74), Tiel
• Antje Lof (73)
• Arina Florina Bakhuizen (79), Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Alan Roy Pfeiffer (58)
• Cornelis Pankow (74), Zierikzee
• (91), Rijssen
• Arina Florina Bakhuizen (79), Southampton (GB),GB
• Anna Maria GRESNIGT (87), Utrecht,,NETHERLANDS
• Aart den Dikken (94), Terneuzen, Zeeland, The Netherlands

• 1978 » James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
• 1979 » Matt Walters, American football player
• 1980 » Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
• 1980 » Roland Benschneider, German footballer
• 1980 » Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1981 » Alex Holmes, American football player
• 1981 » Christina Obergföll, German athlete
• 1981 » Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer († 2012)
• 1983 » Jahri Evans, American football player
• 1983 » Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist

• 1976 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1978 » Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 » James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (b. 1904)
• 1980 » James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Charles Gibson (historian), Historian of Mexico and its Indians, President of the American Historical Association (b. 1920)
• 1986 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (b. 1883)

• 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.
• May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
• June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
• November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 22, 1981 was between 11.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.