About the day » Monday February 4, 1980Calender converter

• Tim van Noort
• Peter Desimpel († 1985)
• Trisha Jeanne Hoekstra
• Sandra Lynn Grafsky, Burnsville, MN († 2008)

• Anthonius Johannes Lippus (31), Amsterdam
• Arie Kamphuis (63), Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catherine Noomen (87), Palos Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Amelia Johanna de Backer (66), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Apolonia Faas (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Abron Clifford Hollifield [BethelBBu] (71)
• Adriaan Johannes Marie Edelbroek (68), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdiena Bouwman (91), Bedum
• Arend de VRIES (86), Drachten (Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Amelia Johanna DE BACKER (66), Hulst,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS

• 1977 » Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
• 1980 » Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
• 1981 » Jason Kapono, American basketball player
• 1981 » Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
• 1982 » Chris Sabin, American wrestler
• 1982 » Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
• 1982 » Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist
• 1983 » Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
• 1983 » Rebecca White, Australian politician

• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)
• 1987 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
• 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Michael
7. Martijn
8. David
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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
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.
• March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.

The temperature on February 4, 1980 was between 0.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.