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• Mirjam Neijman, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Joris B.M. van Dijk
• Michael Wayne Neal, Clermont County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Herman Jacobus van Ginkel († 1983)
• John Thomas Riherd, Britt, Hancock County, Iowa († 2004)
• Alie Bertine (Albertine) van het Ende († 2021)

• Adrianus Antonius Josephus Verhoeven (56), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Catharina Dorothea Star Numan (95), Zuidhorn
• cornelia elizabeth oprel (71)
• Béatrice Paule Marthe Henriette Hulot (39), Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Anna Reith (79), New York City, Rockland County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje KOOPMAN (88), Almelo,Gemeente Almelo,Overijssel,Nederland
• Adriana Spruijt (70)
• Aagje Luttik (81), Zaandam
• Albert KUIPER (77), East Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Bárbara Eger (56), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1979 » B.J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 » Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
• 1979 » J.J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
• 1979 » Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1979 » Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
• 1980 » Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver
• 1980 » Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Paul Whatuira, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1981 » Titus Bramble, English footballer
• 1981 » Vernon Carey, American football player

• 1971 » Walter P. Carter, American soldier and activist (b. 1923)
• 1972 » Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium, 1st President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
• 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
• 1980 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)

• 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.
• March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
• April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
• August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
• August 1 » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
• 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 July 31, 1980 was between 10.6 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.