1981 in the Netherlands

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Incumbents

Monarch: Beatrix
Prime Minister: Dries van Agt

Events

January 5: First broadcast of Youth news.
January 19: Nijmegen is very restless when squatted premises have to be evicted to make way for a parking garage.
January 23: Heavy riots occur in Nijmegen, this happened during the eviction of squatted homes in the Piersonstraat. The reason behind it is a unwanted parking garage, that eventually got canceled.
March 22: HGC is the first hockey club that has both their men and women play in their highest divisions. This happened with the ascension of the women during the 75th anniversary of the club.
April 5: Hennie Kuiper wins Tour of Flanders cycling race.
April 12: The Python roller-coaster is opened in the Efteling theme park.
April 25: During the world championship ice hockey in Sweden The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team relegate back to the B-division after losing 12-6 West Germany.
May 22: FC Utrecht play their final match at the old Galgenwaard Stadium. Supporters take home keepsakes and in the process demolish half the stadium.
May 26: Dutch general election, 1981
May 31: The final two parts of the Schiphol-line are officially opened.
June 1: Football club N.E.C. is established in Nijmegen as a demerger of SC NEC.
August 10: Inland skippers block the waterways for 5 days in order to force a better arrangement on cargo-sharing. Police and navy combat the chaos with a iron fist, the skippers have to end their actions without any results.
September 6: The Gouwe-aquaduct is opened This viaduct enables a better traffic flow from the A12 state highway.

Sports

1980–81 Eredivisie
1980–81 Eerste Divisie
1980–81 KNVB Cup
1981 Amstel Gold Race
The Netherlands men's national field hockey team are victorious at the 1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan.

Years in the Netherlands

1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

1981 in Europe

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