About the day » Monday March 31, 1980Calender converter

• Kristin Eileen Decker
• Robin Michael Wilson, Waterford, Saratoga, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Zina Kunz Hatch, Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Paul Henry Stob, Grand Rapids
• Jelle van Gurp

• Cornelia de Korte (84)
• Anna Cornelia Petronella van den Bosch (86), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes MIJNEN (82), Silvolde, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Albertha Schonewille (69), Hoogeveen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Cornelia Petronella van den BOSCH (86), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ben G Bruns (74), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Minnesota
• Albert Jochems Smink (82), VS
• Catharina Zijp (86), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cécile Melanis Hendrica Maria HENS (79), Zwijndrecht, 11056, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Arend Melissant (77), Den Bommel, Gemeente Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1979 » Alexis Ferrero, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 » Charlie Manning, American baseball player
• 1979 » Euan Burton, Scottish martial artist and coach
• 1979 » Jonna Mendes, American skier
• 1979 » Omri Afek, Israeli footballer
• 1980 » Karolina Lassbo, Swedish lawyer and blogger
• 1980 » Kate Micucci, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1980 » Martin Albrechtsen, Danish footballer
• 1980 » Matias Concha, Swedish footballer
• 1980 » Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
• 1988 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

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. Petra
12. Karin
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.
• July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
• August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
• October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
• October 10 » The 7.1 M_w  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
• November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
• December 8 » Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.

The temperature on March 31, 1980 was between 0.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.