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• Teade de Haan, Ingelum († 1996)
• Teade de Haan, Ingelum († 1996)
• Shannon Lee Fullen, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio († 1981)
• Marc Laurens Vogelesang, Voorburg († 1982)

• Annechien Offereins (84), Assen,Drenthe,Netherlands
• August Emiel Verdonck (86)
• Cornelia Christina Schellekens (60), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria den Otter (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Benedictus Gerardus Vossenberg (75), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Andries BRAND (77), Dordrecht
• Agnnes Jane Dalton Middleton (82), Barnstable &, Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
• Cornelis Hendrk Achterberg (81), Doorn
• Cornelis (Cor) Harteveld (76), Delft (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendrik Achterberg (81), Doorn

• 1977 » Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
• 1977 » Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
• 1977 » Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
• 1977 » Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 » Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player
• 1979 » Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
• 1981 » Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
• 1981 » Jake Peavy, American baseball player
• 1981 » Marlies Schild, Austrian skier
• 1981 » Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer

• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
• 1987 » John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
7. David
8. Martijn
9. Dennis
10. Bart
11. Paul
12. Richard
13. Robert
14. Pieter
15. Patrick
16. Wouter

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Marieke
4. Linda
5. Kim
6. Wendy
7. Jennifer
8. Esther
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Petra
12. Karin
13. Anna
14. Sarah
15. Monique
16. Johanna

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
• September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)

The temperature on May 31, 1980 was between 4.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.