About the day » Friday February 15, 1980Calender converter

• Jennifer Lee Molles, Balmain, Inner West Council, NSW, Australia († 2017)
• Miriam Egbertje (Miriam) Muskee, Veenoord

• Carmen Plourde (67), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Verhoeks (64), Amsterdam
• Aalt Arendse (67), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kwakkelaar (87), Stadskanaal
• Anna Maria de Beule (83), Hulst
• Anna Maria SLOOTS (89), Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bouke Elisabeth Meenken (77), Uithuizermeeden
• Christina Verhoeks (64), Amsterdam
• Albert Jan Stapel (80), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte, Célestine, Marie LEFONDRÉ (80), Saint-Malo, 35

• 1979 » Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
• 1979 » Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
• 1979 » James Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
• 1979 » Josh Low, English footballer
• 1979 » Scott Severin, Scottish footballer
• 1980 » Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
• 1981 » Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian international footballer, goalkeeper
• 1981 » Matt Hoopes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner

• 1970 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1973 » Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1974 » Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
• 1981 » Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1984 » Avon Long, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1992 » María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)

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.
• January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
• February 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
• June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
• 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 February 15, 1980 was between 2.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.