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• Eduard Alexander van Valkenburg, Utrecht,1013,Utrecht,Nederland
• Brandon Curtis Emerson, Danville, Boyle Co, KY († 1985)
• Jo-André-Marcel DE BRUYCKER, Oudenaarde, 9700, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België

• Barteld Krol (84)
• Ernestine Augusta Scheepmaker (89), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Schoondermark (88), Waalwijk
• Evert Kok (65), Toronto Ontario Canada
• Anthonie Marinus Klaasse (66), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Deering (80), Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
• Anna Margaretha Pieper (53), Munchen, Duitsland
• Charles Cheney Case Jr. (76), Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Bavel (84), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke BEENES (89)

• 1982 » Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
• 1982 » Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Dante, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 » Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1984 » Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
• 1984 » Lindsey Vonn, American skier
• 1984 » Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
• 1984 » Robert Harting, German discus thrower
• 1985 » Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player

• 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
• 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 1982 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)

1. Mark
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Peter
5. Michael
6. Martijn
7. Wouter
8. Robert
9. Johannes
10. Pieter
11. David
12. Hendrik
13. Bart
14. Thomas
15. Erik
16. Vincent

1. Linda
2. Maria
3. Jessica
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Wendy
7. Esther
8. Johanna
9. Laura
10. Sarah
11. Sandra
12. Maaike
13. Nicole
14. Suzanne
15. Jennifer
16. Bianca

• 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 14.4 million citizens.
• January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
• August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
• September 12 » Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
• September 21 » Brunei joins the United Nations.
• October 12 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
• December 19 » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.

The temperature on October 18, 1984 was between 10.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.