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• Darren Grant King († 1980)
• Jones, St Davids Hospital, Bangor (N.Wales) († 1980)
• Doppenberg († 1983)
• Dianne Anthonia Alagonda M Somers

• Antonie Mak van Waaij (77)
• Abba "Abbie" Mellott (81)
• Desiderius Ludovicus Jonckheere (84), Brugge
• Albert, Joseph VAN BETSBRUGGE (70), Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Arendina Hogervorst (74), Amsterdam
• Dirk Nieuwman (64), -
• Berend BUITENWERF (86), Oosteinde (Roodeschool)
• Clasina Wilhelmina van der Gaag (81), Delft
• Andreas Franciscus (Harrie) Joosten (63), Meijel, Nederland
• Abraham Burgersdijk (78), 's Gravenzande

• 1978 » Imani Coppola, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1978 » Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1979 » Clay Travis, American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster
• 1979 » Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier
• 1980 » Antonio Thomas, American wrestler
• 1980 » Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier
• 1980 » Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
• 1981 » Alex Suarez, American bass player
• 1981 » Jeff Faine, American football player
• 1981 » Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer

• 1970 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
• 1977 » Kōichi Kido, Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Ivan Vasilyov, Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (b. 1893)
• 1983 » Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian General who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1962 to 1966 and the Military Governor of Hyderabad State from 1948 to 1949. (b. 1908)
• 1992 » Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
• 1994 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)

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.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
• October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.

The temperature on April 6, 1980 was between 4.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.