About the day » Friday January 4, 1980Calender converter

• Erik Postma († 2003)
• Hendrik Lambertus (Harry) van der Hof, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Anna Elisabeth STEYFKENS (88), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Cornelis Pieter Dieleman (66), Terneuzen, Nederland
• Antje van der Woude (79), Zaandam
• Dirk Jan van het Hekke (61)
• Charles Henri CURRITT (51), Ketchikan Alaska U.S.A
• Conrad Gerhard Beenken (76), Tulare County, California
• Antoon Thijssen (51)
• Arie Bremer (70), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus (Antoon) Thijssen (51)
• Charlotte Franziska Strauch (62), Buxheim

• 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
• 1978 » Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
• 1980 » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Al Jefferson, American basketball player
• 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
• 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
• 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
• 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
• 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
• 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer

• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
• 1990 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Henry Bolte, Australian sergeant and politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
• 1994 » R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Michael
7. Martijn
8. David
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. Jennifer
7. Wendy
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.
• April 12 » The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
• May 9 » In Florida, Liberian freighter MVSummit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150ft. into the water and die.
• May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
• September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
• December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".

The temperature on January 4, 1980 was between -0.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.