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• Marcus Bertus Johan Gritter, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• Marcus Bertus Johann Gritter, Wierden († 2007)
• Soraya de Jong, Den Helder († 1980)
• Mirjam Marianne Boomstra, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Auke Sints Baron (92), Groningen
• Anna Catharina Elissen (83), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Amy Harriman (92), Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Krotje (78), Den Burg
• Ángeles Domecq y Rivero (81), El Puerto de Santa María, Espagne
• Cornelis Dekker (77)
• Christiaan Johannes Brandt (92), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Krotje (78), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Auke Baron (92)
• ALFRED BALDWIN (79), LEEDS WEST YORKSHIRE

• 1979 » Akin Ayodele, American football player
• 1979 » Flo Rida, American rapper
• 1979 » Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
• 1980 » Dan Haren, American baseball player
• 1980 » Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
• 1980 » Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• 1981 » Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 » Casey Janssen, American baseball player
• 1981 » Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
• 1982 » Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 » Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
• 1983 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)

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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Karin
12. Petra
13. Sarah
14. Anna
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 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
• March 14 » LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
• March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
• May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.

The temperature on September 17, 1980 was between 13.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.