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• Frank Anthony Todd IV ****, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Bastiaan Willemsen, Den Helder († 1981)
• Christina* Theresia Berger, Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• Carlos Kuhlkamp (89)
• Cornelis Hoogesteger (72), Amstelveen
• Aldegonda Hendrica Zegveld (65), Yarram, Australia
• Anna Johanna "Hanni" Keuchel (75), Weißensee, Berlin, Berlin, DDR
• Aldegonda-Hendrica Zegveld (65), Yarram AU
• Corwin Edward Lewis Shermer (79), Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Dammis Marinus van Solingen (86), Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus Versloot (85), Warmond
• Adrianus GROOT (71), Noord-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Boelo Bont (82)

• 1978 » Martin Dossett, American football player
• 1979 » Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
• 1980 » Choi Hong-man, South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1980 » Kareem Rush, American basketball player
• 1980 » Rich Alvarez, Filipino-Japanese basketball player
• 1981 » Ayaka Kimura, Japanese singer and actress
• 1981 » Ian Snell, American baseball player
• 1981 » Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
• 1981 » Joshua Jay, American magician and author
• 1981 » Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean model and actress

• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, inventor of the "bouncing bomb" (b. 1887)
• 1982 » Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author and educator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, scholar, and author (b. 1904)
• 1988 » T. Hee, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1990 » V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1901)

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 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
• March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
• March 27 » The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
• May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
• August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
• December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on October 30, 1980 was between 0.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.