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• Gerrit Kasteel, Arnhem

• Achiel Den Hert (75), Oostende
• Count Karel of Dobrensky-Dobrenic (25)
• Antonius Cornelis de VEEN (86), Brunssum
• Cornelis Pleunis van der Zouw (81), Utrecht
• Andries van der Beek
• Cornelis Wouter Roubos (64), Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Larue BARNES (50), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States of America
• Adriana Johanna Vader (80)
• Charles David Bacon (87)
• Albert Brisson (62), Volkegem

• 1979 » Jorge Arce, Mexican boxer
• 1979 » Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist († 2018)
• 1979 » Shannon Moore, American wrestler and singer
• 1979 » Sidney Govou, French footballer
• 1980 » Allan Davis, Australian cyclist
• 1980 » Wesley Gonzales, Filipino basketball player
• 1981 » Christopher Weselek, German rugby player
• 1981 » Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer
• 1981 » Dash Snow, American painter and photographer († 2009)
• 1981 » Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player

• 1975 » Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician († 1926)
• 1978 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Willem van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian king (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian American nuclear chemist (b. 1890)
• 1981 » William Wyler, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1984 » James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)
• 1987 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Frank Zamboni, American inventor and businessman, founded the Zamboni Company (b. 1901)

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. Wendy
8. Esther
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.
• March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
• March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
• April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
• May 8 » The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
• August 1 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
• December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

The temperature on July 27, 1980 was between 14.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.