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• Jorge Carlos Rosado - van der Gracht, Merida, Yucatan (Mexico) († 1980)
• Cristopher Scott Ludwig († 2007)
• Jorge Carlos Rosado - Baeza, Merida, Yucatan (Mexico) († 1980)

• Andrew Anthony Justin (82), Sherburne, Minnesota
• Anna Mosmans (80), Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Albertus, Josephus van Wietmarschen (87), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Holtrop (82)
• Adriana Hamelink (76), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• August Daems (82), Eindhout, België
• Anneke THEUNIS (91), Harlingen
• Byron Abraham Wolfgang (79), Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Theodorus Maria Haagen (72), Zoeterwoude
• Anna Maria De Jongh (89)

• 1978 » Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 » DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1980 » Hank Green, American entrepreneur, educator, and vlogger
• 1980 » Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1981 » Craig David, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1981 » Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1982 » Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
• 1982 » Randall Gay, American football player
• 1982 » Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter

• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)
• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)

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 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
• May 17 » On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
• May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
• June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
• November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
• November 20 » Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

The temperature on May 5, 1980 was between 2.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.