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• Sjoerd Wielenga
• Dorien Clara Albrecht, Geldern,Kreis Kleef,Nederrijn,Duitsland
• Jantina Margien Bosma, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Ivo Arts, Stevensbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• lucas neessen, helden
• Justin James KORTENKAMP, Jackson Co.,Jackson Co.,IOWA,USA,Maquoketa († 1982)
• Johan van Muijen, Maassluis († 2000)

• Anthonius Dirk van Kesteren (89), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Diecemer Frens (94), Wenum
• Benjamin J de Vries (61), Denver, Colorado
• Catharina Elisabeth Teengs (90), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje ter Haar (51), Koudekerke (Z)
• Dirk Wassenaar (100), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecil Roy Murten (73)
• Allen Otto Marr (57), warrensburg mi
• Adrianus Graumans (104), Chaam
• Adriaan Cornelis van Dongen (85), Gilze en Rijen

• 1978 » Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
• 1978 » Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
• 1978 » Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
• 1979 » Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
• 1979 » George Parros, American ice hockey player
• 1979 » Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
• 1979 » Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
• 1981 » Shaun Suisham, American football player
• 1981 » Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
• 1981 » Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer

• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 1972 » Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
• 1972 » Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
• 1980 » Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
• 1981 » Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1986 » Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)

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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Karin
12. Petra
13. Sarah
14. Anna
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 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
• May 9 » In Florida, Liberian freighter MVSummit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150ft. into the water and die.
• May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.

The temperature on December 29, 1980 was between 4.1 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.