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• Pascal Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Yvonne Renate (Yvonne) Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Darryl Walter Sherren, Canada († 2017)

• Arie Sonneveld (97), Naaldwijk
• Brigitte d'ONCIEU de CHAFFERDON (73), Parijs XVI° (75) (F)
• Adrianus Johan Visser (57), Werkendam
• Antonius Reumer (71)
• Bernardus Henderikus (Stientje Lubbers (geboren Blaak)) Lubbers (68), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Abel van Vondel (58)
• Adrianus Jacobus Kersten (83), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Henderikus Lubbers (68)
• Brigitte d'Oncieu de Chaffardon (73)
• Adriana Cornelia Cannoo (87), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1980 » Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner
• 1981 » Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
• 1981 » Philip Rivers, American football player
• 1981 » Simon Finnigan, English rugby league player
• 1982 » Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player
• 1982 » Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 » Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
• 1982 » Serena Ryder, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver
• 1983 » Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer († 2014)

• 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Haim Laskov, Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)
• 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1984 » Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
• 1984 » Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Bart
11. Hendrik
12. Willem
13. Patrick
14. Erik
15. Thomas
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Johanna
5. Jessica
6. Kelly
7. Sarah
8. Marieke
9. Esther
10. Marjolein
11. Elisabeth
12. Ellen
13. Wendy
14. Chantal
15. Jennifer
16. Anna

• 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
• May 2 » Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMSConqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
• July 4 » Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
• July 20 » Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
• August 29 » The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• November 3 » The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people.
• December 13 » The 6.0 M_s  North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.

The temperature on December 8, 1982 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.