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• Miranda Schoenmaker, Jipsingboertange († 2013)
• Meta Post († 2007)
• Carryn Leigh Morrison, Pretoria

• Clive Frederick WOODALL (64), Brisbane,Brisbane,Queensland,Australi
• Dirk Verkaik (65), Rotterdam
• "Nicole" Véra Claire Hélène Maurice Pastré (60), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
• Bernhard Frederik Defares (87), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Maria van Dijk (84), Huize “De Egelantier”
• Collin SAVILLE (90), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
• Alida Bertha Rootlieb (62), Noco, Riverside, California (USA)
• Banny A Armstrong (87)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Limpens (84), Heel en Panheel, Maasgouw
• Eibert Boonestro (82), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1980 » Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
• 1981 » Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1981 » Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Dan Klecko, American football player
• 1981 » João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
• 1982 » Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 1982 » Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
• 1982 » Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
• 1982 » Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player

• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 1988 » Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)

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 14 » The South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.
• April 25 » Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
• June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• September 14 » President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
• December 2 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

The temperature on January 12, 1982 was between -8.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.