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• Franciscus Johannes Kramer, Alkmaar,1800,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Marieke Ranzijn, Loosdrecht

• Anthonie van Kooten (60), Hamburg, Duitsland
• Alfons OLIEUX (83), Oostrozebeke, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Augusta Maria Van Camp (84), Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adrien Wybou (53)
• Berendina Aleida Dreteler (84)
• Alberta Antonia Maria Bonke (72), Naarden
• Albert Klaassen (85), Harderwijk
• Adrianus Dirk Tuijl (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolina Aleida Maria Cappetti (85), Vught
• Clara Gertrudis Claassen (65)

• 1978 » Matthew Bulbeck, English cricketer
• 1978 » Maurice Evans, American basketball player
• 1978 » Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
• 1979 » Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer
• 1979 » Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
• 1980 » Holly Walsh, English radio and television host
• 1980 » Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1980 » Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Joe Cole, English footballer
• 1981 » Yann Kermorgant, French footballer

• 1974 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
• 1975 » Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
• 1977 » Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1983 » James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
• 1983 » Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)
• 1985 » Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 1985 » Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)

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.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
• May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
• September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
• September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

The temperature on November 8, 1980 was between -1.2 and 2.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.