About the day » Thursday July 24, 1980Calender converter

• Jan Johannes de Voogd, Wemeldinge

• Annigje DE VOGEL (81), Dordrecht,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND
• Bernard F. Chenoweth (71)
• Anna Levie (64), Visp, Zwitserland
• Anneke Gerrits Hakze (17)
• Adrianus (Arie) Slotemaker (63), Alkmaar, The Netherlands
• Albert Balk (74), Garnwerd
• Carolus Albertus Huygens (79), Balen Wezel, 2490, België
• Coletta Elisabeth van Houten (67), Tulln Oostenrijk
• Antonia Joanna Konings (94), Leidschendam
• Adrianus jacobus Schoorl (61), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1979 » Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player
• 1979 » Jerrod Niemann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 » Mark Andrew Smith, American author
• 1979 » Rose Byrne, Australian actress
• 1979 » Ryan Speier, American baseball player
• 1979 » Valerio Scassellati, Italian race car driver
• 1980 » Joel Stroetzel, American guitarist
• 1981 » Doug Bollinger, Australian cricketer
• 1981 » Mark Robinson, English footballer
• 1981 » Summer Glau, American actress

• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 1974 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1980 » Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)
• 1986 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (b. 1917)
• 1991 » Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)

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 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
• April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
• May 9 » In Florida, Liberian freighter MVSummit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150ft. into the water and die.
• May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.

The temperature on July 24, 1980 was between 11.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.