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• Luuk Hawinkels, Heerlen
• Leonardus Bartholomeus Zuidervaart, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Alana K Johnson, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2015)
• Leon Johannes Gerhardus Peters, Hengelo († 2012)
• Stefan den Hartog († 2010)

• Arie Cornelis van de Graaf (77), Papendrecht
• Anna Hiemstra (76), Makkum (Bozum), Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis LINDEN, van der (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Denis William Tremblay (59), Fontana, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
• Engelberta Johanna van Ommen (91), Bilthoven
• Anje Frieling (91), Haren (Gn)
• Arie Anthonie Eijkelenboom (84), Rotterdam
• Carolyn G Fessendon (76), New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Nijkamp (85), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Christiaan Knoet (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1978 » Alberto Martín, Spanish tennis player
• 1979 » Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
• 1979 » Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1979 » Sarah Borwell, English tennis player
• 1981 » Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer
• 1981 » Ben Barnes, English actor
• 1981 » Bernard Mendy, French footballer
• 1981 » Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1981 » Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
• 1981 » Craig Ochs, American football player

• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
• 1980 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1982 » Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Peter
4. Johannes
5. Michael
6. Mark
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. Judith

• 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.
• January 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
• June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
• September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
• October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
• December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".

The temperature on August 20, 1980 was between 14.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.