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• Quinten Peemen, Prinsenbeek
• Sylvia van Hummel, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Kenneth Vandermeersch, Roeselare († 2019)

• Adrianus Cornelis van Schaik (72), Nederhorst den Berg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Emma Maria Cornelia Wybou (83), Poperinghe
• Elizabeth KIEFER (68), Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Everaert (81), Zele
• Arnoldus Lindelauf (82), Schaesberg, Lb, NL
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Leeggangers (79), Raamsdonksveer, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphus Gielis (83), Hippolytushoef
• Alphonse Vandergracht (77)
• Antonia Goetschalckx (82), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Nauta (68), Folsom, Sacramento County, California

• 1975 » Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
• 1975 » Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
• 1975 » Warrick Dunn, American football player
• 1976 » Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
• 1978 » January Jones, American actress
• 1979 » Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter
• 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
• 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter

• 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
• 1976 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
• 1978 » Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 1979 » Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)

• 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 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
• 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.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
• September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
• October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

The temperature on January 5, 1980 was between 3.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.