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• Charlotte Majoie Hal, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Earl William Meerdink (72), Pulaski, AR (US)
• Catharina Veenboer (86), Spierdijk
• Arnoldus Verwaaijen (83), Druten
• Albertje Hendriks Dikken (83), Hengelo (0v)
• Cornelia Baldewina Joanna Maria SPRONK (39), Zeeland
• Dammes Rijkers (88), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha CLOET (81), Oostende
• Abraham Delfos (84), Bussum/Majella ziekenhuis
• Eerde (83), Hengelo
• Cornelis Sonneveld (74)

• 1979 » David DeJesus, American baseball player
• 1979 » Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
• 1979 » Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer
• 1980 » Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
• 1980 » Ashley Cole, English footballer
• 1980 » Fitz Hall, English footballer
• 1980 » Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
• 1980 » Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
• 1981 » Royal Ivey, American basketball player

• 1973 » Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904; assassinated)
• 1974 » André Jolivet, French guitarist and composer (b. 1905)
• 1974 » R. A. Bevan, English advertiser (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)

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.
• February 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
• April 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• 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.
• August 25 » Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.

The temperature on December 20, 1980 was between -0.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.