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• Martijn van Riet, Eindhoven († 2009)
• Martijn Johannes Maria van Riet, Eindhoven († 2011)
• Niels Kok
• Martijn van Riet, Eindhoven († 2009)

• Anna Catharina Suzanna Korporaal (88), Oud Beijerland
• Arie de Lange (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van den Heuvel (70), Rosmalen
• Cornelis Arie Zaal (78), Gouda
• Adrianus Visser (83), Zwijndrecht
• Cornelis de Pater (78), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Van Den Eynde (87), Aalst
• Catharina Johanna Tijssen (89)
• Catherine "katie" Azukas (87), Pottsville, Pa
• Alberdina(Eva) Brauns (86), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1980 » Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
• 1982 » Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 » Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
• 1983 » Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
• 1984 » Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
• 1984 » Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
• 1985 » Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
• 1986 » Alysia Montaño, American runner
• 1986 » Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater

• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

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. Martijn
14. Dennis
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.
• April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
• April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
• August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
• September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
• October 22 » Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
• November 10 » Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

The temperature on April 23, 1983 was between 8.1 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.