About the day » Monday May 19, 1980Calender converter

• Amábile Fidelis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1993)

• Alida Maria van Velzen (86), Rotterdam
• Christiaan Johan Gerardus Meijer (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie Goudsblom (61), Amsterdam
• Bronno Schut (73), Halsteren
• Allegonda Dymphna de Rooij (86), Waalre
• Aline Laura De Langhe (78), Oudenaarde, Belgium
• Anna Westerhoven (77), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adah Gertrude Smart Kirkpatrick [Bu] (81), Stillwater, Payne, OK
• bernardus rapis (85)
• ALBERT Heinrich August KLINGENBERG (63), Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

• 1978 » Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
• 1978 » Marcus Bent, English footballer
• 1979 » Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 1979 » Diego Forlan, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Tony Hackworth, English footballer
• 1981 » Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
• 1981 » Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Sina Schielke, German sprinter
• 1981 » Yo Gotti, American rapper

• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)

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.
• March 14 » LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
• 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 17 » As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
• October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

The temperature on May 19, 1980 was between 8.6 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.