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• Willem Jan Herbert Herman Stroink, Enschede

• Fokje Zijlstra (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Coatney Elizabeth Wilson Girdler (83), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Dirk Jansen
• Christina Maria Casparina Staal (80), Bergen
• Arend Witting (75), Heerhugowaard
• Aaltje van Gorkum (92), Niedorp, NL
• Andreas Theodorus Josephus Kleinpenning (25), Zeddam
• Egidius Vanhommerig (72), Heerlen
• Egbert van Delden (71), Winschoten
• Antonia hovestad (83)

• 1978 » Cliff Lee, American baseball player
• 1978 » Sinead Kerr, Scottish figure skater
• 1979 » Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentinian tennis player
• 1979 » Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 » Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player
• 1980 » Justin Mortelliti, American actor and singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Adam Wainwright, American baseball player
• 1981 » Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 1982 » Andy Roddick, American tennis player
• 1982 » Will Davison, Australian race car driver

• 1970 » Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 1971 » Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1981 » Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933)
• 1981 » Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (b. 1900)
• 1988 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (b. 1922)
• 1990 » Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (b. 1944)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
7. David
8. Martijn
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. Wendy
7. Jennifer
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 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
• November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.

The temperature on August 30, 1980 was between 14.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.