About the day » Sunday December 21, 1980Calender converter

• Mark de Graaf († 2012)
• Jonathan James Meyer
• Danny van POUDEROIJEN, Alblasserdam († 1980)

• Alle van ·Äòt Zet (78), Gorredijk, Opsterland (Frl)
• Albert Edward Judocus Piot (77)
• Catharina Petronella van Duijvenbode (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendrikus Kinneging (75), Utrecht
• Albertus Adrianus van der WULP (74)
• Cornelis (Cor) Benschop (57)
• Aretha Lee "Retha" Taylor (78), DeLeon, Comanche, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Adrianus van der Wulp (74)
• Antoon Janssen (73), Boxmeer
• "zuster Immaculata" Stolk (92), Made en Drimmelen N.B

• 1975 » Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
• 1977 » Emmanuel Macron, President of France
• 1977 » Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 » Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
• 1978 » Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
• 1978 » Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
• 1979 » Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player († 2015)
• 1981 » Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Philip Humber, American baseball player
• 1983 » Steven Yeun, American actor

• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)

• 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.
• April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
• October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
• November 23 » The 6.9 M_w  Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.

The temperature on December 21, 1980 was between 0.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.