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• Olivia Odette van Valkenburg, Ottawa,K1Y 0A1,Ontario,Canada

• Arie Wilhelm van Assendelft van Wijck (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert TUOMALA (71)
• Adrianus Martinus van Beurden (84), Haarsteeg
• Aaltje Zoet (82)
• Aartje Maria de Regt (91)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Martinus van der Horst (57)
• Alberta BUELENS (89), Grimbergen, BELGIE
• Cornelia den Engelsman (83)
• Adriaan van Tatenhove (69), Gapinge Nederland
• Beulah Price (80), Saint George, Washington County, Utah, United States of America

• 1979 » Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 » Rasual Butler, American basketball player († 2018)
• 1980 » Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 » Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
• 1983 » Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
• 1984 » Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
• 1985 » Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist

• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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 29 » The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
• April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
• June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• July 4 » Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
• September 11 » The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
• November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.

The temperature on May 23, 1982 was between 9.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.