About the day » Tuesday August 25, 1981Calender converter

• Carlos Gonzalez Santiago, Wilrijk (B) († 2011)
• Roy Hubertus Johannes Antonius Pennings, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2002)

• Dirkje Jongewaard (83), Yakima, Washington (USA)
• Clarence Wassink (74), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Cornelia Duivenvoorden (46), Noordwijkerhout
• Adriana Ras (79), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartha Hermina "Bartha" Geuvers (83)
• Eliza Heystek (64), Zuid-Afrika, R.S.A.
• Andreas Antonius Linthorst (81), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Altena (58), Almelo
• Elmer E Reints (63), Allen Hospital, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Antonius Hendrikus Verhoeven (70), Udenhout

• 1978 » Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Robert Mohr, German rugby player
• 1979 » Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 1979 » Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 1979 » Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician († 2015)
• 1981 » Camille Pin, French tennis player
• 1981 » Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
• 1981 » Rachel Bilson, American actress
• 1982 » Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer († 2011)
• 1983 » James Rossiter, English race car driver

• 1976 » Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
• 1984 » Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)

• 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.
• April 4 » Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
• April 9 » The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USSGeorge Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it.
• August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• August 30 » President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
• November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
• December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.

The temperature on August 25, 1981 was between 6.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.