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• Adriaan Gerrit Kreukniet, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jennifer Linn Drenth, Webster, TX
• Francina Sija op den Brouw, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Bibit Lestari, Semarang, Indonesië
• Annick Peeters, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• Roy van den Borne, Valkenswaard († 1984)

• Bernardus Johannes (Bertus) Schoots (72), Tiel
• Anna Gertrudis Beckers (88), Maastricht, Nederland
• Augustus Julius Vrelust (90), Zoersel
• Bernardus Johannes Schoots (72), Tiel
• Anna Maria ten Heggeler (76), amsterdam
• Catharina van Son (97), Assen
• Antje Tjerks (Anna) BOTTEMA (73)
• Arend Smit (63), De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Petrus van Adrichem (51)
• Cornelia Adriana Aarts (88), Tilburg, NL

• 1979 » Jeff Reed, American football player
• 1979 » Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
• 1980 » Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 » Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 » Sarah Ayton, English sailor
• 1981 » A. J. Ellis, American baseball player
• 1981 » Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
• 1981 » Eric Harris, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre († 1999)
• 1981 » Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
• 1981 » Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player

• 1970 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1976 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)
• 1978 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)
• 1980 » Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
• 1988 » Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)
• 1988 » Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)

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.
• January 28 » USCGCBlackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
• February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
• 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.)
• December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

The temperature on April 9, 1980 was between 2.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.