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• Stephan Hilgersom
• Jennifer Hilgersom
• Maite Elisabeth Borrek, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)

• cornelis adrianus kees neelis (72), Haarlem, Nederland
• Andrew Thompson (118)
• Alfred HARTGERINK (86), Waupon, Dodge, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Alice Elisabeth Amélie de la Rochefoucauld (74)
• Aagje Blok (79)
• Annegje Stroop (102), Steenwijk
• Alice Elisabeth Amélie Anne de La Rochefoucauld (74), Davos
• Alice Elisabeth Amalia Anna van La Rochefoucauld (74), Davos, Graubünden, Zwitserl
• Coran Obrien White [Wl Bu] "Obrien" (66)
• Cornelis Adrianus Joseph (Kees) Fredriksz X Neelis (72), Haarlem

• 1978 » Stefan Binder, German footballer
• 1979 » Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Borthwick, English rugby player
• 1979 » Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician
• 1980 » Ledley King, English footballer
• 1981 » Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1981 » Conrad Smith, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Giuseppe Lanzone, American rower
• 1981 » Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player
• 1981 » Tom Guiry, American actor

• 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (b. 1958)
• 1984 » Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1987 » Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
• 1987 » Fahri Korutürk, Turkish commander and politician, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)

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 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• April 12 » The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
• May 17 » On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
• May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.

The temperature on October 12, 1980 was between 5.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.