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• Arjen Meyles Salverda (82), Hardegarijp, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa de Bakker (75), Terneuzen, Nederland
• Cornelia Magdalena van Zwet (80), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Maria Vaissier (72), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Gerarda Maria Helleganger (78), Amsterdam
• Campbell Jack French (63), Hesperia, San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
• Antoon Frans Franssen (71), Hasselt, België
• Angenita Fransina Swensen (87), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Joannes Petrus Lankes (71), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Azwera Govertje van Ballegooijen (62), Soest

• 1970 » Julie Chen, American television journalist, presenter, and producer
• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player
• 1982 » Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
• 1984 » Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
• 1986 » Paul McShane, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
• 1989 » Andy Carroll, English footballer
• 1991 » Will Barton, American basketball player

• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
• 1981 » A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
• 1990 » Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Bart
11. Hendrik
12. Willem
13. Patrick
14. Erik
15. Thomas
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Johanna
5. Jessica
6. Kelly
7. Sarah
8. Esther
9. Marieke
10. Marjolein
11. Elisabeth
12. Ellen
13. Wendy
14. Chantal
15. Jennifer
16. Anna

• 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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.
• March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
• April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
• June 24 » British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
• June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• October 1 » Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
• November 12 » USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.

The temperature on January 6, 1982 was between -7.8 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.