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• Marieke Liesbeth Visser, Voorburg
• Marie-Élisabeth de Pappenheim, Vienne (Wien), Vienne, Autriche († 1980)
• Maria Elisabeth zu Pappenheim († 1980)
• Maria Elisabeth van Pappenheim, Wenen († 1980)

• Adalbert Schimmel (74), Waidhofen/Thaya, NÖ, Oostenrijk
• Berthe Louise Baus (79), Sint-Truiden, België
• Cornelis Petrus van der Zwaan (67), Aalsmeer
• Arentje Kort (65), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne-Marie Roberti de Winghe (55), Grez-Doiceau, Belgique
• Cornelis Petrus van der Zwaan (67), Aalsmeer
• Antje Petronella van Leeuwen (81), Leiden
• Antoni Maneschijn (82), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berthe Cornelie Marie Hopmans (83), Tilburg
• Bas Jan Mourik (21), Krimpen aan de IJssel

• 1979 » Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980 » Kerry Jeremy, Antiguan cricketer
• 1980 » Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, singer, and producer
• 1980 » Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, 58th Mayor of Pittsburgh
• 1981 » Alison Haislip, American actress and producer
• 1981 » Calum Best, American-English model and actor
• 1981 » Jens Lekman, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Ricky Barnes, American golfer
• 1981 » Shim Eun-jin, South Korean singer and actress
• 1981 » Ty Warren, American football player

• 1972 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1976 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Ben Nicholson, British painter (b. 1894)
• 1985 » James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1986 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
• 1987 » Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929)

• 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.
• August 19 » Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
• September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
• October 17 » As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
• October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
• December 8 » Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.
• December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".

The temperature on February 6, 1980 was between 6.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.