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• Rodrigo Carlos Burani, Presidente Prudente-SP, Brazil

• Cornelis Boekestein (82), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Clasina van den Bos (76), Delft
• Alise Sofie Sakariasdatter (101), Finneid, Fauske, Nordland, Norge
• Albert J Harris (64), Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States of America
• Catharina Hoenderken (87), Groningen
• Adriana Willemina Verwijs (83)
• Adrianus Bakx (63), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beatrice Nancy BROWN (69), Glen Avon, Somerset East
• Arendina Landkroon (73)
• Adriana Helena Spijkers (87), Amsterdam

• 1982 » Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1982 » Chad Cordero, American baseball player
• 1982 » Mantorras, Angolan footballer
• 1982 » Timo Glock, German race car driver
• 1983 » Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
• 1983 » Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
• 1983 » Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
• 1983 » Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
• 1984 » Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
• 1984 » Simone Padoin, Italian footballer

• 1977 » Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 1978 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1978 » Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Dennis
14. Martijn
15. Maarten
16. Christopher

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Marieke
8. Johanna
9. Jennifer
10. Anna
11. Wendy
12. Laura
13. Elisabeth
14. Saskia
15. Ilona
16. Ellen

• 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 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.
• February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
• July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
• July 23 » Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
• July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
• August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
• December 19 » The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The temperature on March 18, 1983 was between 8.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.