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• Matthieu Jean Léon Marie Nollet, Amiens, 80 (F) († 1996)
• Esmeralda J.C.M. Hijstek, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)

• Adriana Agatha de Brabander (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Thijsen (76), Buren
• Carolina Cornelia van Reede van Oudtshoorn (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Bleeker (86), Oklahoma, United States of America
• Anne Sybe Booij (67), 's Gravenhage
• Abraham van der Gaag (92), Rotterdam
• Anne Sybe Booij (67), 's Gravenhage
• Abraham van der Gaag (92), Rotterdam
• Adriana Baks (93), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arnoldus van Ess (56)

• 1978 » Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
• 1978 » Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author
• 1978 » Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1979 » Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
• 1979 » Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
• 1979 » Nick Stahl, American actor and producer
• 1979 » Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1980 » Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer
• 1980 » Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
• 1982 » Eddy Curry, American basketball player

• 1973 » Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
• 1975 » Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1979 » Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Cecil M. Harden, American politician (b. 1894)
• 1986 » Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
• 1989 » John Pritchard, English conductor and director (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (b. 1916)

• 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.
• April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
• April 12 » The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
• September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
• September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
• November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
• November 20 » Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

The temperature on December 5, 1980 was between -0.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.