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• Rachel Marie Knock († 2016)
• Mark De Ridder, Leiden († 1986)

• Annette Koopman (88), Roden (NL)
• Adriana Cornelia Timmermans (64)
• Anthoon Stooker (74)
• Christiaan Teensma (85), Groningen
• Catharina Moerman (86), Rotterdam
• Charline Coker (47), Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Cornelia Maria Dibbes (84), Huissen
• Beulah June BURNETT (76), Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Neoma Folger (70), Garnett, Kansas
• Alphons Quarem (69), Bilzen, België

• 1980 » Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980 » Robert Green, English footballer
• 1981 » Kang Dong-won, South Korean actor
• 1981 » Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1981 » Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
• 1981 » Otgonbayar Ershuu, Mongolian painter and illustrator
• 1982 » Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
• 1982 » Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
• 1983 » Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1983 » Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress

• 1971 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
• 1990 » Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
• 1990 » Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)

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.
• April 21 » Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
• April 26 » Fifty-seven people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
• June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• July 24 » Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
• November 14 » Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
• December 2 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

The temperature on January 18, 1982 was between -3.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.