About the day » Tuesday May 20, 1980Calender converter

• Antonio Garcia (72), Piraquara, Paraná, Brasil
• Amelia Gerritsen (61)
• Brunette Johanna Rosenbaum (86), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Arts (33), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Houtman (51), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernie Fish (62), Aberdeen
• Alida Johanna de Kievith (63), Schiedam
• Boele Boelens (77), Hardegarijp
• Christina Rika Hilhorst (79), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charlotte Antoinette von Plettenberg (78)

• 1978 » Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player
• 1978 » Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová, Czech pole vaulter
• 1979 » Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 28th Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
• 1979 » Jayson Werth, American baseball player
• 1980 » Austin Kearns, American baseball player
• 1980 » Kassim Osgood, American football player
• 1981 » Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player
• 1981 » Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver
• 1981 » Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter

• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 1973 » Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)

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 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• April 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
• April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
• May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on May 20, 1980 was between 8.2 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.