About the day » Sunday March 2, 1980Calender converter

• Nelien Mur, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)
• Jacob Zwaan († 1980)
• Johanna A. Fokke († 1981)
• Carine Danielle Marie Philippe HANON († 1990)

• Andries van der Kooi (68)
• Catherine Fraser (78), Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
• Adriana Aartje Filius (78), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Jacoba Ruifrok (74), den haag
• Anna Catharina Hasevoets (85), Hasselt, België
• Arendje Maria (75), Vlaardingen
• Arendje Maria OOSTERLEE (75), Vlaardingen (Z-H)
• Cornelia Margaretha Hogervorst (73), Hoorn
• Basil Michael McGuire (68), Detroit, Michigan (USA)
• Adrianus Franciscus Beerendonk (78), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL

• 1978 » Gabby Eigenmann, Filipino actor and singer
• 1978 » Lee Hodges, English footballer and manager
• 1979 » Damien Duff, Irish international footballer, winger
• 1979 » Gayatri Asokan, Indian playback singer
• 1979 » Jim Troughton, English cricketer
• 1979 » Nicky Weaver, English footballer
• 1980 » Chris Barker, English footballer and manager († 2020)
• 1980 » Rebel Wilson, Australian actress and screenwriter
• 1981 » Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
• 1981 » Lance Cade, American wrestler († 2010)

• 1962 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
• 1967 » José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)
• 1972 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)
• 1979 » Christy Ring, Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
• 1987 » Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)

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. Esther
8. Wendy
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.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
• August 14 » Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
• October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.

The temperature on March 2, 1980 was between -0.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.