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• Charles Kavanaugh Murphy (81), Multnomah, Oregon, United States
• Allen Reed McElroy (69), Elverson, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Adrianus Johannes Korst (77), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Frank Jan van Straaten (69), Rotterdam
• Catharina Verhoeven (81), Leiden
• * Frederika Willemina van Eijk (63), Rotterdam
• Albertje Spier (78), Velsen
• Célestin Ducoudray (64), Châteauroux, 36044, France
• Anna Rood (79), Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Drost (89), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1979 » Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
• 1979 » Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
• 1979 » Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 1980 » L. J. Smith, American football player
• 1981 » Luciana Berger, English politician
• 1981 » Michael Mantenuto, American actor († 2017)
• 1981 » Nicolas Jeanjean, French rugby player
• 1981 » Ryan Piers Williams, American actor and film director
• 1981 » Shaun Phillips, American football player
• 1981 » Sunny Leone, Canadian American actress, model, and pornstar

• 1972 » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1974 » Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Mickey Spillane, American mobster (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Richard Ellmann, American literary critic and biographer (b. 1918)
• 1988 » Chet Baker, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1929)
• 1992 » F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
• 1994 » Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver (b. 1920)

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.
• February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
• February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 13, 1980 was between 9.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.