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• Frederik Jan Van De Riet, enter
• Franky Junior De Gendt, Temse († 2005)
• Patricia (Nathalie) van den Toorn - van Leeuwen

• Antoinette Schurmann Funcke (63), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aan Fokkes Kooistra (66), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Langelaan (85), Voorhout
• Petrus Johannes Klaassen (88), Amsterdam-Osdorp
• Aan Fokkes Kooistra (66), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Mary (Sr. Mamerta) Janson (90), Saint Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, United States
• Berendina Aleida Teunnissen (79), Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Aan Kooistra (66), Harkema Opeinde
• Archie Herbert Keith (82), Killeen, Bell, Texas, United States
• Herman Langendoen (59), Rotterdam

• 1978 » Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier
• 1978 » Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
• 1979 » Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
• 1979 » Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver
• 1980 » Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1980 » Lucian Bute, Romanian-Canadian boxer
• 1980 » Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
• 1980 » Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
• 1981 » Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout

• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
• 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Wassily Hoeffding, Finnish-American statistician and theorist (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
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. Judith

• 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 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• 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.
• July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
• September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.

The temperature on February 28, 1980 was between 1.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.