About the day » Friday February 22, 1980Calender converter

• Quirine Gertrude Alice Teunissen, Bergen op Zoom († 2012)
• Raymond Courbois, Schaesbergen, Ned
• Ellen Reesink, Warnsveld
• Sybren Bril († 2007)

• Billy Todd Isaac Williams (18), Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County) (Utah)
• Clarence E Davis Sr, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States of America
• Alma Howard (86), Cullman, Cullman Cnty, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Hendrikus Boots (49)
• Bokke Annes Dijkstra (81), De Triemen, Westergeast, Aldwald (Triemen bij Westergeest, Oudwoude),Kollumerland,Fryslan,Nederland
• Adriana "Sjaan" van Sabben (83), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendrikus Boots (49)
• Anna Lorene Robinson (68), Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
• Arendina Seijgers (85)
• Adrianus Josephus Kroot (83), Waalwijk

• 1977 » Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
• 1977 » Timo Rose, German actor, director, and producer
• 1978 » Jenny Frost, English singer and dancer
• 1979 » Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
• 1979 » Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
• 1980 » Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 » Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer
• 1980 » Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 » Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• 1984 » Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player

• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1976 » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)
• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)

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. 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.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• 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.
• June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
• September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.

The temperature on February 22, 1980 was between 0.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.