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• Pascal Leufkens († 1985)

• Cornelis van de Waerdt (65), Bilthoven, Gemeente De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Kas (75), Amsterdam
• Amandus Lambertus Modest Liefsoens (68), Herk-de-Stad, België
• Beverley Teresa Todd ****, East Molesey, Surrey, England
• Constant Medard Vanbavinckhove (88), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen (B)
• Arne Kristoffer Andreassen (69), Finneid, Fauske, Nordland, Norge
• Adrianus, Wilhelmus Savelkouls (65), Geleen
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Savelkouls (65), Geleen
• Blanche Marie Cornille TYCQUET (91), Bergues... Hauts de France
• Adrianus Wilhemus Savelkouls (65), Geleen

• 1980 » Dominique Swain, American actress
• 1980 » Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 » Maggie Lawson, American actress
• 1981 » Djibril Cissé, French footballer
• 1981 » Tony Capaldi, Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
• 1982 » Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
• 1982 » Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer
• 1983 » Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 » Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1983 » Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player

• 1978 » John Williams, English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
• 1979 » Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1982 » Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1983 » Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1985 » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1986 » Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)

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.
• March 19 » Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
• April 30 » The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
• May 25 » Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
• October 8 » Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
• October 28 » The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
• December 7 » In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.

The temperature on August 12, 1982 was between 14.0 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.