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• Michel Verbunt († 1996)
• Jetze Ronand (Jeroen) Knikker, Zalk, Nederland († 2000)

• Catherine Winifred Tiemeyer (56), Kentwood, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Verhoeven (66), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ate Kingma (87)
• Dirk van der Toorn (81), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Daugherty (94), Bellevue, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Daniël Quirijn Mulock Houwer (71)
• Charles VITS (67)
• Agatha Maria Magdalena van der Kraan (86), Den Haag
• Adrianus van Westerop (81)
• Anna Catharina BEENTJES (88), Oldenzaal

• 1979 » Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
• 1979 » Michael Redd, American basketball player
• 1979 » Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1979 » Vahur Afanasjev, Estonian author and poet
• 1981 » Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
• 1982 » Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 » José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 » Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
• 1983 » Brett Gardner, American baseball player
• 1983 » Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player

• 1974 » Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Dennis
13. Willem
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. Jennifer
11. Suzanne
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 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
• May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
• July 19 » In a private meeting with U.S. President Ronald Reagan, French President François Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American technological research and development.
• July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
• August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
• September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

The temperature on August 24, 1981 was between 8.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.