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• Janna Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Frel de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2021)
• Jamie Eilen Moffit († 1984)
• Michel Petrus Maria de Bont, Gilze en Rijen († 1982)

• Cornelis Bartholomeus van Dongen (68)
• Albert Ekkel (86), kloosterhaar/hardenberg
• Derk Smid (77), Vlagtwedde
• Aart VAN DE HAAR (67), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rooijakkers (94), Deurne
• Aleida Gerarda Maria Staring (79), Duiven
• Cornelis Marinus de Visser (61), Heeswijk-Dinther(NB)
• Anna Maria Loijens (93), Heerlen
• Adrianus Petrus Josephus Ulden van (77), Leiderdorp
• Cornelius Hendrikus Lenaerts (88), Vlissingen

• 1977 » Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer
• 1978 » Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
• 1979 » Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
• 1979 » Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter
• 1980 » Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler and manager
• 1981 » Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
• 1982 » Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
• 1982 » Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper
• 1982 » Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
• 1982 » Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer

• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)

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. Esther
8. Wendy
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.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• August 26 » After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
• September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
• October 10 » The 7.1 M_w  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.

The temperature on December 4, 1980 was between -1.0 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.