About the day » Sunday February 3, 1980Calender converter

• Alice Elizabeth Salter (89), Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England
• Anna Wilhelmina Wolbers (76), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Francina de Rooij (88), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Almedia Belle "Granny" Faubion (80), Coryell County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Noest (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartel Ricko Douma (44), Nijeberkoop
• Aartje van den Born (68)
• Anna Margretha Gerdes (73), Anna Paulowna, NH, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Gerdes (73), Anna Paulowna
• Anna Nafzger (81), Maastricht

• 1976 » Isla Fisher, Australian actress.
• 1977 » Daddy Yankee, American-Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
• 1977 » Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 » Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
• 1979 » Paul Franks, English cricketer and coach
• 1982 » Becky Bayless, American wrestler
• 1982 » Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
• 1984 » Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos
• 1985 » Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress

• 1967 » Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 1969 » C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (b. 1909)
• 1969 » Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
• 1975 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
• 1985 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1989 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)

• 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.
• February 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• February 23 » Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
• 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.
• May 17 » On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
• August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.

The temperature on February 3, 1980 was between 2.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.