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• David Reesink, Drachten
• Ilona Stapper († 1993)
• Bas van den Berg, Velp gem. Rheden
• Sylvia Elisabeth Antonia Christina Stevens, Nijmegen (GD) († 1986)

• Catharina Victoria de Niet (48), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Sipkes Swierstra (76)
• Aartje Stoop (55)
• Adriaan Hendrik Ploos van Amstel (76), San Juan Capistrano,Orange County,Calif,United States
• Berry O Fletcher (80), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Anastasia ADAMS (80)
• Antoinette Julia Dilkens (84), Berchem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Hubertina Maas (72), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Antoinette Julia (Jeanette) DILKENS (84), Berchem
• Clara Christina Johanna Bonefaas (63), Schiedam

• 1978 » Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
• 1978 » Summer Phoenix, American actress
• 1979 » Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
• 1979 » Matt Bentley, American wrestler
• 1979 » Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer
• 1980 » Sarah Chang, American violinist
• 1981 » Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
• 1982 » Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
• 1982 » Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person

• 1972 » Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1974 » Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1979 » Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
7. David
8. Martijn
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. Wendy
7. Jennifer
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.
• February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
• March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
• July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
• September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
• September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• October 10 » The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.

The temperature on December 10, 1980 was between -1.7 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.