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• Alice Henriëtte Reurink († 2010)
• Lode Gevaert

• Anna Simons de Haan (85), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiane Marie Ghislaine DE PRETER (62), Stavelot, 63073, Liège, Belgique
• Adrianus Petrus Maria van der Gouw (59), Tilburg
• Catherine REID (80), Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
• Bernardina Catharina van Londen (58), Castel
• Alma Mathilda Kristina Nilsson (91), Malmö Sankt Pauli Föreningsgatan 47
• Albert Kroezen (68)
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van de Moesdijk (57), Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Rudolph Roth (76), Middelburg
• André Maurits Coene (60), Maldegem

• 1977 » Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 » Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
• 1978 » Charlotte Leslie, British politician
• 1978 » Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
• 1978 » Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
• 1978 » Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• 1979 » Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 » Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
• 1980 » Lee Suggs, American football player
• 1981 » Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist

• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
• 1978 » Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
• 1979 » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)

• 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.
• May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
• July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
• September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
• September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
• October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.

The temperature on August 11, 1980 was between 13.0 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.