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• Petrus Gerardus Martinus Wouters, Hooge Mierde († 2004)

• Celina Casier (80), Staden
• August David Wilhelm Keuker (78), Amsterdam, Nederland
• de Vos (83), Amsterdam
• Antje Kindt (89), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bernarda Koch (94), Blaricum
• Barbara Geertruida de Vries (53), Drachten
• Bernadina Antonia Teunissen (77), Bemmel
• August David Willem (Guus) Keuker (78)
• Aaltje Maria van der Linde (79), Goes
• Celina Casier (80), Staden

• 1979 » Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
• 1979 » Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian wrestler
• 1979 » Will Boyd, American bass player
• 1980 » Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 » Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
• 1980 » Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
• 1981 » Joey Gathright, American baseball player
• 1981 » Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
• 1982 » Alexander Widiker, German rugby player
• 1982 » François Parisien, Canadian cyclist

• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
• 1970 » Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
• 1992 » Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
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. Judith

• 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.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
• September 17 » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

The temperature on April 27, 1980 was between 1.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.