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• Esther Zonneveld († 2018)
• Raphaëlla Spaans
• Claire VIERSET, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique († 2008)
• Kersje Jacoba Westerterp, Harlingen
• Simon Francis ASHBURY, Chester, Cheshire, England († 1982)
• John Beij, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)

• Alida Vandenberghe (89), Oostende, België
• Adriaan Jannis de Bruijne (87), Oostburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Korringa (59), Haarlem
• "Léon" Marie Armand Mangin d'Hermantin (84), Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France
• Berendina Oost (90), Erica, gem. Emmen
• Alfons BELLENS (75), Leuven
• Aloysius Colman (82), Temse
• Antonie Gerardus (Ton) Smits (60), Eindhoven, NB, Nederland
• Adriaan Jannis de Bruijne (86), Oostburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anthonetta de Vos (57), Den Haag

• 1980 » Jason Culina, Australian footballer
• 1980 » Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
• 1980 » Wayne Bridge, English footballer
• 1981 » Anna Rawson, Australian golfer
• 1981 » Carl Crawford, American baseball player
• 1981 » David Clarke, English ice hockey player
• 1981 » Erik Guay, Canadian skier
• 1981 » Maik Franz, German footballer
• 1981 » Rachel Scott, American murder victim, inspired the Rachel's Challenge († 1999)
• 1981 » Travie McCoy, American rapper, singer, and songwriter

• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)

• 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 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
• February 6 » The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War.
• February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The temperature on August 5, 1981 was between 15.6 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 22.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.