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Born on Tuesday January 1, 1980
- Meredith Ann Schaeffer, unbekannt († 2011)
- Raja Draaisma († 2015)
- Benjamin Scott Bareman
- Gertjan Van den Broeck, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2004)
- Ilse Looijesteijn, Breezand († 2000)
Died on Tuesday January 1, 1980
- Benjamin Franklin Wylie [SSDI] (79), Teague, Freestone County, Texas
- Annigje Bikker (78), Hoornaar
- Anna Nieborg (84), Sappemeer
- Antonius Gerardus Maria Bloemer (79), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
- Achille Ernest BOUCKUYT (77), Izegem
- Anna Maria Kivits (74), Tilburg
- Abraham Korenwinder (81), Elburg, Nederland
- Alice Ahlstedt (90), Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan
- Anna Maria (Anna) Kivits (74), Tilburg
- Alberta Dirkje Schoonheijm (79)
Born on January 1
- 1975 » Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 » Vidya Balan, Indian actress
- 1981 » Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
- 1981 » Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
- 1982 » David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
- 1982 » Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 » Calum Davenport, English footballer
- 1983 » Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
- 1983 » Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
- 1984 » Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
Died on January 1
- 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
- 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
- 1972 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
- 1978 » Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (b. 1911)
- 1980 » Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1891)
- 1981 » Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
- 1982 » Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
- 1984 » Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
- 1992 » Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL (b. 1906)
Names that were popular for boys in 1980
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Peter
- Johannes
- Mark
- Michael
- Martijn
- David
- Bart
- Dennis
- Paul
- Richard
- Robert
- Pieter
- Patrick
- Wouter
Names that were popular for girls in 1980
- Maria
- Sandra
- Marieke
- Linda
- Kim
- Jennifer
- Wendy
- Esther
- Patricia
- Jessica
- Karin
- Petra
- Anna
- Sarah
- Monique
- Johanna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1980
- 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.
- April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
- April 3 » US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shvwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.
- April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
- May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
- July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
Weather January 1, 1980
The temperature on January 1, 1980 was between -0.8 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.