About the day » Tuesday August 19, 1980Calender converter

• Arie Johannes Koster, 's Gravenhage, Z-H († 1996)
• Erik Besseling († 2012)
• Albert Jan van Dijken, Wageningen († 1980)
• Alwin, Willem Masselink, Schagen

• Alda Knoops (45), Geleen
• Antonia Cornelia (To) Suijk (84), Hilversum, Nederland
• Algemiro Antunes Lima (63), Lages, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anneke Hassing (92), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Albert Daling (89), Bovensmilde
• Arie Hendrik van Staalduinen (91), Naaldwijk
• Anthonij Schults (91), Zierikzee
• Catherine Hughes (81), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Brosens (93), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Konijn (61), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1978 » Chris Capuano, American baseball player
• 1978 » Qais Al Khonji, Omani entrepreneur
• 1979 » Dave Douglas, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1979 » Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer
• 1980 » Darius Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1980 » Jun Jin, South Korean singer
• 1980 » Michael Todd, American bass player
• 1980 » Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
• 1981 » Nick Kennedy, English rugby player
• 1981 » Percy Watson, American football player and wrestler

• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)

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. Wendy
7. Jennifer
8. Esther
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Petra
12. Karin
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.
• March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
• March 24 » El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
• April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.

The temperature on August 19, 1980 was between 11.2 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.