About the day » Sunday March 30, 1980Calender converter

• Davy Biesmans, Genk, België († 2003)
• Bastiaan Houkes, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Streefkerk, Rotterdam († 2001)

• Cornelis Pieter de VRIES (79), Zaltbommel (GLD) NL
• Allegonda Wilhelmina Maria de Bresser (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Nijsten (86)
• Aleida Leemreijze (92), Enschede, Ov, Nederland
• Age Visser (81), Warnsveld
• Cornelia Hendriks Stam (42), Alkmaar
• Aaltje Bijlsma (64), Leeuwarden
• Calvin "Buster" Meyers (56), Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan
• Adriaan Wilhelm Josseaud (79), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoon Hobbelink (63), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1978 » Bok van Blerk, South African singer-songwriter and actor
• 1978 » Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1978 » Paweł Czapiewski, Polish runner
• 1979 » Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 1979 » Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 » Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
• 1981 » Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player
• 1981 » Jammal Brown, American football player
• 1982 » Mark Hudson, English footballer
• 1982 » Philippe Mexès, French footballer

• 1975 » Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 » Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and educator (b. 1889)
• 1978 » George Paine, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Memduh Tağmaç, Turkish general (b. 1904)
• 1979 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Ray Ventura, French pianist and bandleader (b. 1908)
• 1981 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Karl Rahner, German-Austrian priest and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1986 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)

• 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.
• January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
• February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
• July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
• September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
• October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
• November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)

The temperature on March 30, 1980 was between 1.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.