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

• Aaltje Zoet (82)
• Catharina Bregtje Kromhout (94), Rijnsburg
• Bertha Catherine Lyons (86), Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States
• Adrianus Arnoldus Martinus van der Horst (57), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ehlen (75), Sittard
• Arie Wilhelm van Assendelft van Wijck (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus van Beurden (84), Vlijmen Haarsteeg
• Celeste Sonck (82), Ninove
• Aart van Rossum (81), Amsterdam
• Arie Jacobus Schalk (43), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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. 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.
• January 1 » Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 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.
• March 30 » Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
• May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
• June 13 » Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
• June 14 » Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

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.