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• Michelle BOENS? († 2004)
• Paulus Gerardus Antonius (Paul) Stalpers, Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)

• Cornelia Alida Groenewegen (49), Rotterdam
• Andries Lucien Jacob Bruinooge (71), Apeldoorn
• Anna Antonia Lidwina Paardekamp (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Mud (64), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Smit (73), Rotterdam
• Bertha Maria Ruijs (53), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria de Rooij (81), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Willem Maassen van den Brink (64)
• Berent Esselink, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Kragt (86)

• 1978 » Ali Güneş, German-Turkish footballer
• 1978 » Alison Mosshart, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Kayvan Novak, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Tommy Marth, American saxophonist († 2012)
• 1979 » Ivica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 1979 » Kelly Brook, English model and actress
• 1979 » Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1980 » David Britz, American nanotechnologist and engineer
• 1980 » Ishmael Beah, Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author
• 1980 » Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player

• 1973 » Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor, director, and producer (b. 1889)
• 1974 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1974 » notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty:
• 1976 » André Malraux, French theorist and author (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Grady Nutt, American minister and author (b. 1934)
• 1983 » Juhan Muks, Estonian painter (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1984 » Leonard Baker, American historian and author (b. 1931)

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 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• February 23 » Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
• November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
• November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
• December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on November 23, 1980 was between 12.1 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.