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• Alice Henriëtte Reurink († 2010)
• Lode Gevaert

• Anna Simons de Haan (85), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfons Haustraete (64), Oudenaarde
• Abraham Rudolph Roth (76), Middelburg
• Ana Rosa Pereira (90), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Cornelis (Kees) van Mechel (69), Maassluis
• Cornelis Jacob Idelenburg (59), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Alewijn de Groot (55)
• Bernardina Catharina van Londen (58), Castel
• Catherine Marie Lehman (72), Hennepin, Minnesota
• Catherine REID (80), Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

• 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)

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 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
• March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• September 17 » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

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.