About the day » Thursday March 20, 1980Calender converter

• Helen Anne (Infant) WADE, Canberra
• Iris Anne Marieke de Vries, Gorredijk (F)
• Catharina van Lienden, Johannesburg (Zuid-Afrika)
• Jet Sepers, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)

• Charles Robert Spinks (57)
• Antje Toornstra (93)
• Cornelis Bakker (77), Den Helder
• Adriana Koeslag (73), Amersfoort
• Bertha Lee Key (90)
• Anna van Dorp (83), Heemstede, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Constantina Maria de Jonge (73), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cora C. Ulseth (83), Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arie de BOEF (60), Asperen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Vangerven (78), Eindhoven Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1978 » Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player
• 1978 » Kevin Betsy, English born Seychelles international footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1979 » Freema Agyeman, English actress
• 1979 » Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 » Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
• 1980 » Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
• 1980 » Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1981 » Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 » Ian Murray, Scottish footballer
• 1982 » Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer

• 1971 » Falih Rıfkı Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1974 » Chet Huntley, American journalist (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909)
• 1977 » Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919)
• 1978 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Gerry Bertier, American football player (b. 1953)
• 1983 » Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)

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. Wendy
8. Esther
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.
• February 22 » Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
• February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
• 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).
• 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.
• October 10 » The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
• December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on March 20, 1980 was between -4.0 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.