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• Marieke Gertruda Maria van Rosmalen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertje Pilgrim († 2004)
• Els Bervoets, Geel (B), België († 2010)

• * Antonius Nicolaas Welten (88), Lierop
• Antonius Nicolaas Welten (88), Lierop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amaury de Merode (77), Louvain (Leuven), 24062, Belgique
• Alexandrina Maria Rose Drucka-Lubecka (72), Ravelstoke, Brits Columbia
• Adrianus Robbemond (55), Breda
• Cecilia Devonah Spence (88), Lansing (Michigan, USA)
• "Amaury" Werner Ghislain François de Merode (77), Louvain, Belgique
• Pieter Sj Bootsma
• Amaury Werner Ghislain Frans Prins van Merode Graaf van Westerloo (77), Leuven, Brabant, Vlaanderen
• Adrianus Martinus van der Pol (88), delft

• 1979 » David Jarolím, Czech footballer
• 1979 » Wayne Thomas, English footballer
• 1980 » Alistair Overeem, Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer
• 1980 » Ariën van Weesenbeek, Dutch drummer
• 1980 » Davor Džalto, Bosnian historian and philosopher
• 1980 » Fredrik Kessiakoff, Swedish cyclist
• 1981 » Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist
• 1981 » Chris Skidmore, English historian and politician
• 1981 » Leon Osman, English footballer
• 1981 » Lim Jeong-hee, South Korean singer

• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)

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.
• January 29 » The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
• April 12 » Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
• 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.
• July 1 » "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• August 19 » Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.

The temperature on May 17, 1980 was between 6.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.