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• Hendrikus Hermannus Kampherbeek († 2002)
• Fernando Carols TASSO DE SAXE-COBURGO E BRAGANCA, Udine Italy († 1990)
• Ferdinand Karel van Taxis Prins van Saksen-Coburg-Koháry, Udine, Frioul-Julisch Venetië († 1990)
• Fernand-Charles Tasso de Saxe-Cobourg († 1990)

• Berend Sportel (85), Winschoten, Nederland
• Cornelis Martinus Brugmans (60), Helmond
• Anna Warkentin (93), Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Beelen (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Johnson (70), Hamden, Vinton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Arnoldus de SWART (90), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Botje Postma (80), Lethbridge (Lethbridge), AB, Canada
• Albert Lever (87), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolina Margaretha Sophina (Tinden Liwuru Kauriri) Mandagi (inlandse vrouw) (91), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Edward Rypma (75), Grand Rapids, MI Kent County

• 1978 » Carl Bussey, American soccer player
• 1978 » Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
• 1979 » Andy Douglas, American wrestler
• 1979 » Jamar Beasley, American football player
• 1979 » Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
• 1980 » Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
• 1982 » Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
• 1982 » Jeff Larish, American baseball player
• 1982 » Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
• 1982 » Terrell Suggs, American football player

• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
• 1976 » Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
• 1977 » MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1983 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 1988 » Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1989 » M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)

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. Esther
8. Wendy
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.
• April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
• 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.
• April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

The temperature on October 11, 1980 was between 6.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.