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• Manon Stallmann, Leek

• Adriana Domselaar (91)
• Anna Jannetje Allewijn (95), Rilland-Bath
• Dirkje ROBBEMONDT (88), Zeist (NL)
• Arie Harmsen (88), Groningen
• Cornelia Heikoop (85), Tricht (Buurmalsen) (GL)
• Bernardina Everharda Dieperink (84), Utrecht Utr
• Daniëla Dorhout Mees (81), Heemstede
• Antonia van der Velden (84), Nieuw-Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Bell Buwalda (78), Newton, Jasper County, Iowa
• Cornelia Hoogesteger (84), 's Heer Arendskerke

• 1978 » Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress and producer
• 1978 » Dorin Chirtoacă, Moldavian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Chișinău
• 1978 » Wesley Sonck, Belgian footballer
• 1979 » Lisa Nandy, British politician
• 1979 » Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player
• 1979 » Tony Stewart, American football player
• 1981 » Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player
• 1981 » Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player
• 1982 » Joel Anthony, American basketball player
• 1982 » Tyson Gay, American sprinter

• 1972 » Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1975 » Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1978 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
• 1979 » Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1988 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)

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. 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 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
• October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
• November 23 » The 6.9 M_w  Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.

The temperature on August 9, 1980 was between 6.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.