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Born on Monday February 4, 1980
- Tim van Noort
- Peter Desimpel († 1985)
- Trisha Jeanne Hoekstra
- Sandra Lynn Grafsky, Burnsville, MN († 2008)
Died on Monday February 4, 1980
- Apolonia Faas (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- * Johanna Cornelia van Oosten (75), Noordwijk
- Anna Catherine Noomen (87), Palos Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States
- Anskje Piersma (96), Wommels, Friesland, Nederland
- Bilha PAIS (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alberdiena Bouwman (91), Bedum
- Adriana Maria Beuk (74)
- Arend de VRIES (86), Drachten (Friesland, The Netherlands)
- Antonia Van Camp (78), Lier, AZ. H.-Hart, 2500, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Amelia Johanna DE BACKER (66), Hulst,,Zeeland,PAYS BAS
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 4, 1980 at Delpher
Born on February 4
- 1977 » Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 » Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
- 1980 » Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
- 1981 » Jason Kapono, American basketball player
- 1981 » Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
- 1982 » Chris Sabin, American wrestler
- 1982 » Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
- 1982 » Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist
- 1983 » Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
- 1983 » Rebecca White, Australian politician
Died on February 4
- 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
- 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
- 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
- 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
- 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
- 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)
- 1987 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
- 1987 » Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
- 1987 » Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
- 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
Names that were popular for boys in 1980
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Peter
- Johannes
- Mark
- Michael
- Martijn
- David
- Bart
- Dennis
- Paul
- Richard
- Robert
- Pieter
- Patrick
- Wouter
Names that were popular for girls in 1980
- Maria
- Sandra
- Marieke
- Linda
- Kim
- Jennifer
- Wendy
- Esther
- Patricia
- Jessica
- Karin
- Petra
- Anna
- Sarah
- Monique
- Johanna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1980
- 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 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
- April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
- May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
- August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
- September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
- November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
Weather February 4, 1980
The temperature on February 4, 1980 was between 0.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.