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• Peter Michiel CLAUSMAN, Utrecht

• Anna Wilhelmina Martina Maria Lek (30), Leiden
• Albertus Wegge (64), Reet
• Cornelis den Dunnen (76), Rotterdam
• Alida Cornelia Maria van den Berg (80), Amsterdam
• Anna Pieternella Wijnmaalen (35), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Chris Nevelsteen (24), Geel (B), België
• Barbara Toornman (60), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria (Maria) Gielen (84), Helden-Panningen, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Aldegonde del Court van Krimpen (93), Velp,Gemeente Rheden,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Dorothy Linder (64), Pennsylvania

• 1979 » Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
• 1979 » Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 » Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1979 » Michal Martikán, Slovak slalom canoeist
• 1979 » Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian footballer
• 1980 » Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
• 1980 » Reggie Evans, American basketball player
• 1981 » Ashley Harrison, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 » Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer

• 1971 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
• 1973 » Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
• 1974 » Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
• 1975 » Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1980 » Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
• 1981 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)

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.
• May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
• 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 May 18, 1980 was between 10.9 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.