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• Roderick Johannes David Reijnders, Dordrecht
• Charles CAMPBELL († 1980)

• Adriana Wilhelmina van Zon (90), Raamsdonk, Nederland
• Anna Persoons (78), Tilburg
• Adrianus Johannes Scheffers (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Van den Broeck (76), Vorselaar,, Antwerpen, België
• Bessie Mae Lewis McCain ( (92), Casselberry, Seminole, Florida, United States
• Constance Lucia Maria Josepha Alphonsa de van der Schueren (57), Breda,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Charles Edward WINKLEMAN (72), Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Constance Lucia Maria Josepha Alphonsa de van der Schueren (57), Breda
• Angenietje Verkroost (86), Kwadijk
• "Michel" Marie Joseph Bernard Caudron de Coquereaumont (65), Hillion, Côte-d'Armor, France

• 1978 » Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright
• 1980 » Al Harrington, American basketball player
• 1980 » Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
• 1981 » Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
• 1981 » Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman
• 1981 » Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer († 2014)
• 1982 » Adriano, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Brian Bruney, American baseball player
• 1982 » Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1972 » Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922)
• 1979 » William Gargan, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
• 1988 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)

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.
• March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
• April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
• May 9 » In Florida, Liberian freighter MVSummit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150ft. into the water and die.
• July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
• September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

The temperature on February 17, 1980 was between 1.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.