About the day » Monday August 11, 1980Calender converter

• Alice Henriëtte Reurink († 2010)
• Lode Gevaert

• Alewijn de Groot (55)
• Christopher John SWARD (7), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Bernardus Johannes Soelman * (83), Emmen
• Alma Mathilda Kristina Nilsson (91), Malmö Sankt Pauli Föreningsgatan 47
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van de Moesdijk (57), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ana Rosa Pereira (90), Brasil
• Aart Marius de Lijster de Raadt (71), Schoonoord (gem. Sleen)
• Aalbert de Jongh (72), Amsterdam
• Arie Cornelis Plieger (83), Ameide
• Aart Marinus Lijster de Raadt (71), Emmen, dr.nld

• 1977 » Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 » Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Charlotte Leslie, British politician
• 1978 » Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
• 1978 » Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
• 1978 » Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 » Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
• 1980 » Lee Suggs, American football player
• 1981 » Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist

• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
• 1979 » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)

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 23 » Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
• March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
• 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.
• August 2 » A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
• November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)

The temperature on August 11, 1980 was between 13.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.