• Kristen Lynn Klyve, Pope, MN
• Pieter Miske, Pretoria, Suid Afrika († 1983)
• Kaylee Hearting

• Carl E. Shepherd (64)
• Barbara Jacoba Wilhelmina Dekkers (87), Rotterdam
• Franciscus Petrus (Frans) Bierman (80), Noordwijk
• Elisabeth, Johanna Davids (89), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Kingma (70)
• Antoon Aloijsius (Antoon) Kersten (93), Maasbracht
• Eliza Hendrika Witte (69), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth de Torrenté (80), Sion (Zwitserland)
• Dirk Woudenberg (45)
• Eliza Hendrika Witte (69), Amstelveen

• 1978 » Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 » Heather Mitts, American soccer player
• 1978 » Miroslav Klose, German footballer
• 1979 » Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player
• 1979 » Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer
• 1980 » D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player
• 1980 » Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer
• 1980 » Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
• 1980 » Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
• 1981 » Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress

• 1972 » Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1940)
• 1973 » Chuck Bennett, American football player and coach (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Erich von Manstein, German general (b. 1887)
• 1973 » John Creasey, English author and politician (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and civil servant (b. 1884)
• 1981 » Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Helen Hardin, American painter (b. 1943)
• 1989 » George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (b. 1903)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Michael
4. Peter
5. Mark
6. Johannes
7. David
8. Martijn
9. Bart
10. Dennis
11. Robert
12. Paul
13. Wouter
14. Richard
15. Patrick
16. Maarten

1. Maria
2. Marieke
3. Linda
4. Sandra
5. Jennifer
6. Esther
7. Jessica
8. Wendy
9. Kim
10. Anna
11. Sarah
12. Patricia
13. Johanna
14. Laura
15. Karin
16. Petra

• 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 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
• August 26 » After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
• 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.
• 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 June 9, 1980 was between 10.0 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.