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• Andrea Ruth Wassing, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada († 1980)

• Aaltje Eisinga (86), Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van Logten (78), Elshout
• Adrianus van Orsouw (80), Oss
• Antonie Lepelaar (70), Benalmádena,,Spanje
• Anna Maria Roovers (78), Oosterhout
• Anna Caecilia van den Honert (84), Oosterbeek, Nederland
• Aaltje Eisinga (86), Valthermond (Gem. Odoorn), Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Venema (78)
• Bernadette CALLIES de SALIES (89), Bourg-en-Bresse, 01053, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France
• Anna Geertruid Scholtissen (85), Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland

• 1978 » Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player
• 1978 » Karel Rüütli, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1979 » Chris Daughtry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
• 1979 » Dimitry Vassiliev, Russian ski jumper
• 1979 » Fabián Carini, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Ceylan Ertem, Turkish singer
• 1980 » Todd Dunivant, American soccer player
• 1981 » Nikolai Nikolaeff, Australian actor
• 1981 » Pablo Canavosio, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

• 1973 » Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Savitri, Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (b. 1936)
• 1981 » Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
7. David
8. Martijn
9. Bart
10. Dennis
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. Karin
12. Petra
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.
• February 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• February 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.

The temperature on December 26, 1980 was between 1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.