About the day » Thursday May 1, 1980Calender converter

• Dick Stellingwerf (74), Melvin, Osceola County, Iowa
• Benedita Borges (71)
• Charles+ Aggenbach+ (65)
• Alida Rosalia Van Boom (75), Breendonk-Puurs
• Cornelis van der Poel (75)
• Cornelis van der Hucht (83), Gemert, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Dirkje Verhoef (83), Maartensdijk,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Hendrika Walkers (83), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Candida Rasmijn (61), Amsterdams
• Cornelia Westerhout (81), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1979 » Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player († 2003)
• 1980 » Inês Henriques, Portuguese race walker
• 1980 » Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
• 1980 » Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1980 » Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Rob Davison, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1980 » Yuliya Tabakova, Russian athlete
• 1981 » Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1981 » Manny Acosta, Panamanian baseball player

• 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
• 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 1986 » Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
7. David
8. Martijn
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. 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.
• February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• 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.
• June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.

The temperature on May 1, 1980 was between 6.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.