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• Michelle Boonen, Arnhem
• Daniëlle Divera Maria Zanderink († 1989)
• Frank Wieland, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2009)
• Crystal Renee Adame, San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, United States of America († 1981)
• René Seinen († 1984)

• Berendjeline van Wageningen (102)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Holstein (87), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Angele Maria Vollemaere (80), Vlissingen
• Cornelis Kaptein (87), Achel
• Cornelia van den Ouden (77)
• Cornelis Klapwijk (56), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Balk (60), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Blankvoort (70), Deventer
• Auke Wiegers Meyer (74), Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Adriaan Kalis (66), Lisse

• 1978 » Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
• 1978 » Trina, American rapper and producer
• 1979 » Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter
• 1979 » Rock Cartwright, American football player
• 1980 » Anna Chlumsky, American actress
• 1980 » Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
• 1981 » David Villa, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer († 2010)
• 1981 » Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
• 1981 » Tyjuan Hagler, American football player

• 1967 » Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1972 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)

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. Wendy
8. Esther
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.
• January 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• April 12 » Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
• May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
• 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.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• August 14 » Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.

The temperature on December 3, 1980 was between -0.4 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.