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• Corine Gijsbers († 1982)
• Vivian Johanna Wilhelmina Catharina Vaessen, Puth
• Jennifer Ann Baumgartner († 1986)

• Antje Jonkers * (93)
• Antonius Adrianus van Rijswijk (80), Tilburg
• Berendina Arnolda de BOCK (80), The Hague (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Adriaantje de FREL (68), Dinteloord
• Adriaantje Frel de (68), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Goddijn (84), Noordwijkerhout
• Egbertje Vredeveld (83)
• Adrianus Petrus Hubertus Vereijken (77), Broekhem, Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Franciscus Maria van Huijkelom (81), Tilburg
• Bastiaan MARTEIJN (77)

• 1980 » Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1981 » Anna Rogowska, Polish pole vaulter
• 1981 » Craig Anderson, American ice hockey player
• 1981 » Edson Buddle, American soccer player
• 1981 » Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
• 1981 » Maximilian Mutzke, German singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Deidson Araújo Maia, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 » Kaori Shimizu, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1983 » Līga Dekmeijere, Latvian tennis player
• 1984 » Brandon Fields, American football player

• 1970 » E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1983 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 1991 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)

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.
• January 8 » Breakup of the Bell System: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• April 30 » The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
• June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
• September 16 » Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
• October 8 » Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
• 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 May 21, 1982 was between 11.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.