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February 15, 1983
Born on Wednesday February 16, 1983
- freek p.m. (freek) van zon, helden-beringe
- Patrick van den Berg († 2006)
- Christopher Peter VANDEHAAR († 1983)
- Jeroen BEX, Genk (B) († 2018)
Died on Wednesday February 16, 1983
- Andries Koole (89), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
- Aaltje Wartena (79), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
- Burl Leon Eure (71)
- Aaltje van der Sleen (73), Bilt, li.nld
- Anna Catharina Dijkstra (79), Utrecht
- Aagje Rook (77), Delft
- Bertha Bruggeman (83), Twello,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
- Berend van der Weide (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Berend van der Weide (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Arie Cornelis Bassa (85)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 16, 1983 at Delpher
Born on February 16
- 1981 » Jay Howard, English race car driver
- 1981 » Jerry Owens, American baseball player
- 1981 » Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
- 1982 » Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
- 1982 » Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
- 1982 » Rickie Lambert, English footballer
- 1983 » Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
- 1984 » Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
- 1984 » Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
- 1985 » Simon Francis, English footballer
Died on February 16
- 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
- 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
- 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
- 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1980 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
- 1984 » M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
- 1990 » Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)
- 1991 » Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)
- 1992 » Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (b. 1940)
- 1992 » Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (b. 1917)
Names that were popular for boys in 1983
- Jan
- Mark
- Michael
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jeroen
- Robert
- Bart
- David
- Peter
- Paul
- Thomas
- Martijn
- Dennis
- Maarten
- Christopher
Names that were popular for girls in 1983
- Maria
- Linda
- Jessica
- Kim
- Nicole
- Sarah
- Marieke
- Johanna
- Jennifer
- Anna
- Wendy
- Laura
- Elisabeth
- Saskia
- Ilona
- Ellen
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1983
- 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.
- July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
- July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
- October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
- December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
- December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
Weather February 16, 1983
The temperature on February 16, 1983 was between -6.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.