About the day » Saturday August 2, 1980Calender converter

• Annet de Leng, Gorinchem
• Hendrik Jacob van Twillert, Amersfoort († 1983)
• Tanja Bautil († 1995)
• Patty Van de Velde, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Johan de Leng, Gorinchem

• Adrianus Franciscus Palinincx (71), Wuustwezel, Belgie
• Hartog (60), Bergentheim
• Alida Verhoeven (81), Waardhuizen
• Bela Petronella HENDRIKS (82)
• Clazina van der Sluis (97), Mariaoord te Vinkeveen
• "Jo" Evert Gradus Johannes van Reem (60), Arnhem
• Albertus Liezen (80)
• Antonius Cornelius Elias (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bess McDonald (87), Oklahoma, United States
• Catharina Cornelia Christina van de Voorde (38), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1978 » Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1978 » Dragan Vukmir, Serbian footballer
• 1978 » Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
• 1978 » Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
• 1979 » Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
• 1979 » Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
• 1980 » Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
• 1981 » Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1981 » Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer
• 1982 » Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer

• 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
• 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
• 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

• 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.
• April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
• April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
• May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
• July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
• October 10 » The 7.1 M_w  El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
• October 17 » As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.

The temperature on August 2, 1980 was between 13.2 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.