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• Ruud den Rooijen, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• Charlotte Grace Patterson (48)
• Annechien Wijnholds (63)
• Anna J. Crowley (77), Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States
• Bernadine Th. A. Pieters (78), Den Helder
• Bessie Bernice Freeman (78), Yolo County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Carl Hester Fowler (87), Columbus County, North Carolina
• Celesta-Adeline de Dier (74), Lede
• Cornelia Gijsbrts van der SluiJs (68), unbekannt
• Anna Maria Maritz (98), Den Haag
• Antonia Elisabeth van der Helm (62), San Francisco, United States of America

• 1978 » Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
• 1978 » James Beattie, English footballer and manager
• 1978 » Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
• 1978 » Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
• 1980 » Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
• 1980 » Scott Prince, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 » Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
• 1981 » Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1981 » Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
• 1982 » Ali Bastian, English actress

• 1973 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1977 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1980 » George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1902)
• 1985 » J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
• 1986 » Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Bill Holman, American cartoonist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)

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.
• February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.

The temperature on February 27, 1980 was between 0.8 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.