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• Tiago Arantes, Goiânia GO Brazilië
• Maikel Petrus Johannes Hermans, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)

• Adriana Johanna Hendrika van IJzendoorn (79), Nijmegen
• Adelin Henri Verlaeken (70), Schaerbeek (Bruxelles), Belgique
• Bauke Spaander (65), Zaanstad
• Andries van Es (60), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Sterken (58), Oss
• Daniel Peter Owen (2)
• Dorothea Geertruida Bottenheft (69), Lage Vuursche
• Adeline George (71), Santa Cruz
• Cornelia Jacoba Cornelissen (79)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelius van Hal (61), Eindhoven

• 1979 » Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
• 1979 » Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
• 1979 » Larry Hughes, American basketball player
• 1981 » Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player
• 1982 » Andrew Rock, American sprinter
• 1982 » Oceana Mahlmann, German singer and songwriter
• 1982 » Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 » Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
• 1984 » Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
• 1984 » Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player

• 1976 » Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (b.1905)
• 1986 » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)

• 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.
• February 15 » The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
• 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 10 » Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
• 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.
• September 14 » President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.

The temperature on January 23, 1982 was between -2.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.