About the day » Sunday February 24, 1980Calender converter

• Dana Ann Quebe († 1999)
• David Hyde

• Constance van Blankenstein (81), Melk, Karinthië
• Anton Arthur Rudolf Leopold Joseph Maria Graaf van Enzenberg van Freyen- en Jöchelsthurn (78), Buch, Schwaz, Tirol
• August Aloïs van Hove (60), Hoboken (B)
• Alida Johanna Leeflang (68), Overschie,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Driesen (60)
• AART MOSTERT (43), HARDERWIJK
• Count Hans-Armin of Schweinitz und Krain (53), Witzenhausen
• Cornelis Schoone (76), Assendelft
• Anna Johanna Helena Panman (86), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Melse (80), Koudekerke

• 1978 » DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 » Gary, South Korean rapper and producer
• 1978 » John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 » Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1978 » Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter
• 1980 » Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 » Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 » Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 » Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer

• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Michael
7. Martijn
8. David
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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
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 28 » USCGCBlackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
• March 27 » The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
• April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
• May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
• September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
• December 8 » Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.

The temperature on February 24, 1980 was between 1.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.