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• Cornelia Timmerman, Assen († 1982)
• Dennis van de Kamp, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1982)
• Cornelia Timmerman († 1982)
• Jan-Heinrich Stroink, Vechta
• Cornelia TIMMERMAN († 1982)
• Dennis van de Kamp, Den Burg († 1982)

• Albert Bakker (81), Den Helder
• * Joannes Cornelis van Iersel (70), Tilburg
• André Marcel Corneel ARNOUT (55), Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Alida Peet (63)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Vugts (84), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria de Veer (79), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Paulissen (83)
• Dirkje Lykeles Kamstra (85), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Derek (Prof)(Dfc)(Afc)(Obe) JACKSON (76)
• Anna Theodora Blommesteijn (54), Badhoevedorp

• 1980 » Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
• 1980 » Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
• 1981 » Fred Jackson, American football player
• 1981 » Tony Hibbert, English footballer
• 1982 » Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
• 1983 » Jose Morales, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1983 » Justin Verlander, American baseball player
• 1984 » Brian McCann, American baseball player
• 1984 » Ramzee Robinson, American football player
• 1984 » Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host

• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1992 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)

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. Marieke
9. Esther
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.
• April 30 » The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
• June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• July 4 » Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
• August 29 » The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
• December 6 » The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

The temperature on February 20, 1982 was between -4.6 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.