About the day » Monday May 5, 1980Calender converter

• Jorge Carlos Rosado - Baeza, Merida, Yucatan (Mexico) († 1980)
• Jorge Carlos Rosado - van der Gracht, Merida, Yucatan (Mexico) († 1980)
• Cristopher Scott Ludwig († 2007)

• Anton Cornelis Riethoff (80), Rhoon
• Anna Hendrika Waasdorp (72), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Adriana van Hoesel (62), Hippolytushoef (Wieringen)
• Antonia Berendina Maria Schuttelaar (80), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Holtrop (82), Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Holtrop (82)
• Antonia Johanna Lokers (73), Gorinchem
• Byron Abraham Wolfgang (79), Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania
• Alewijn Ott (70), Hoorn
• Albertje Holtrop (82), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States

• 1978 » Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 » DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1980 » Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1980 » Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1981 » Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1981 » Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1982 » Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
• 1982 » Randall Gay, American football player
• 1982 » Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter

• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)

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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
8. Esther
9. Patricia
10. Jessica
11. Karin
12. Petra
13. Sarah
14. Anna
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 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• August 25 » Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
• September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
• September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on May 5, 1980 was between 2.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.