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• Erik Wessels († 2017)
• Petrus Antonius Oliphant, Fountain Valley, California, Verenigde Staten
• Klaas Commandeur († 1996)

• Bauke van der Woude (68), Oosterbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Aalsburg (73), Leerdam, Nederland
• Adele Sophia Sohl (77), George, Lyon County, Iowa
• Clay Hart Slagle (78)
• André Gijsen (61), Eindhoven-Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia Meijer (60), Zwolle, Nederland
• Centje Wageveld (85), Utrecht
• Cornelis Gerardus Wesdorp (73), Rotterdam
• Aleida Hendrika Wevers (76)
• Colla Pleumeekers (73), Eijsden,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1980 » Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 » Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
• 1980 » Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter
• 1980 » Tony Pashos, American football player
• 1981 » Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
• 1981 » Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
• 1982 » Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
• 1982 » Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier

• 1969 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (b. 1913)
• 1973 » Richard Marshall, American general (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (b. 1901)
• 1977 » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Maarten
8. Hendrik
9. Robert
10. Sander
11. David
12. Willem
13. Dennis
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 12 » Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker, dies in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
• May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
• June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
• June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
• 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.

The temperature on August 3, 1981 was between 8.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.