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• Jeremy Garza, Kingsburg, Fresno County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• De bruyn, Bornem († 1984)
• Dennis Augustijn, Capelle aan den IJssel

• Antonius Jozef Peter (Nie) Tonnaer (74), Thorn, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Jannetje Griep (82), Valkenbrurg
• Albertus Nicolaas Eeken (84), Den Bosch, Holland
• Aafje Tromp (77), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Orbons (76), Nuth
• Christiaan Frederik Marinus Coers (81), Loenen aan de Vecht
• Antonius Hellings (72), Nijnsel
• Christine Halter (79)
• Alexander Aerts (70), Mielen-boven-Aalst, België
• Anne Spinoit (61), Rixensart

• 1982 » Alinne Moraes, Brazilian actress and model
• 1982 » Britta Heidemann, German fencer
• 1982 » Rodney Martin, American sprinter
• 1983 » Drew Hankinson, American wrestler
• 1983 » José Fonte, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 » Ryan Eversley, American race car driver
• 1983 » Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner
• 1984 » Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
• 1986 » Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer

• 1979 » Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)
• 1986 » David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)
• 1986 » Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1988 » Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)
• 1989 » Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893)
• 1992 » Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)

1. Mark
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Peter
5. Michael
6. Martijn
7. Wouter
8. Johannes
9. Robert
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. Laura
9. Johanna
10. Sarah
11. Nicole
12. Sandra
13. Maaike
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.
• February 13 » Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• February 24 » Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
• March 6 » In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
• July 18 » McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
• September 26 » The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
• October 5 » Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.

The temperature on December 22, 1984 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.