About the day » Tuesday December 2, 1980Calender converter

• Jane Marie PULSCHER, Sheldon O'Brien County Iowa U.S.A († 1980)
• Sander Mark Waaijenberg, Apeldoorn († 1999)

• Christiaan Petrus Selier (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Adrianus de Backer (59), Roosendaal
• Cornelia Hofman (82), Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Waltherus Maria Pigmans (71), Tilburg
• Dieuwertje Bijman (86), Bolsward
• Cornelis Rijsdijk (58), Rotterdam
• Edward W Leaming (65)
• Alfons Bocher (67), Brugge
• Barbara Johanna Maria Keetlaer (88), Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Enny) Schlangen (68), Kerkrade

• 1978 » Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
• 1979 » Abdul Razzaq, Pakistani cricketer
• 1979 » Michael McIndoe, Scottish footballer
• 1979 » Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 » Adam Kreek, Canadian rower
• 1980 » Darryn Randall, South African cricketer († 2013)
• 1981 » Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1981 » Danijel Pranjić, Croatian footballer
• 1981 » Eric Jungmann, American actor
• 1981 » Maria Ferekidi, Greek canoe racer

• 1974 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933)
• 1983 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917)

• 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 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
• October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.

The temperature on December 2, 1980 was between -0.7 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.