About the day » Saturday May 31, 1980Calender converter

• Shannon Lee Fullen, Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio († 1981)
• Marc Laurens Vogelesang, Voorburg († 1982)
• Teade de Haan, Ingelum († 1996)
• Teade de Haan, Ingelum († 1996)

• Anje PATER (78)
• Clara Leona Aloyse Maria Swartelé (75), Hulst
• Elisabeth van de Vijver (63), Zoersel, Belgium
• Annechien Offereins (84), Assen,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Benedictus Gerardus Vossenberg (75), Leeuwarden, Nederland
• Anna Maria den Otter (77), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• August Emiel Verdonck (86)
• Bianca Stassen (6), Beek
• Christian-Erwein von Thun und Hohenstein (52), Roma
• Andries BRAND (77), Dordrecht

• 1977 » Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
• 1977 » Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
• 1977 » Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
• 1977 » Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
• 1977 » Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player
• 1979 » Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
• 1981 » Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
• 1981 » Jake Peavy, American baseball player
• 1981 » Marlies Schild, Austrian skier
• 1981 » Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer

• 1976 » Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1977 » William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1978 » József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 1981 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
• 1987 » John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

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.
• January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
• January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
• March 14 » LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
• April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
• August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

The temperature on May 31, 1980 was between 4.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.