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• Tjeerd Harmen Zijlstra, Curaçao († 2007)
• Kimberly Chapman, Man, Logan County, West Virginia († 2018)
• Amy Renee Garcia, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Tjeerd-Harmen Zijlstra, Curacao († 2007)

• Afra Piccolo (56), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antonius Henricus Maria van den Bogaard (74), Baarle-Nassau
• Annechien Leeuweik (76), Oude Pekela, Nederland
• Andries Vuijst (73), Bussum
• Antonius Johannes Hoogveldt (82)
• Anthonij Abraham de Pooter (73), Axel
• Annechien Leeuwerik (76), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Smit (94), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Amanda Olsen (84), Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Arie Reinen Nijgh (93), Katwijk

• 1979 » Bat for Lashes, English singer
• 1979 » João Lucas, Portuguese footballer († 2015)
• 1979 » Mariana Klaveno, American actress
• 1979 » Rob Hulse, English footballer
• 1979 » Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model
• 1980 » Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer
• 1980 » Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor
• 1981 » Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1981 » Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
• 1981 » Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer

• 1975 » Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
• 1976 » Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Félix Gouin, French politician (b. 1884)
• 1979 » Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
• 1980 » Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (b. 1912)
• 1982 » Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

• 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 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• 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 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.
• May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
• October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.

The temperature on October 25, 1980 was between 3.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.