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• Christien (Christina) Houkes, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Jimmy Benjamin van den Berge, Haarlem († 2000)
• Marco Huizenga, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• John Forrest Walter Hogue († 2007)

• Ana Carolina de Arruda Botelho (87), Brasil
• Arie van den Hooven (63), West-Souburg, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Laeremans (88), Antwerpen, 2000, België
• Antonius Dokman (87), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Bosch (69)
• Arie DIJK, van (57), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Postma (67), Alto, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Dokman (87), Leerdam (Nederland)
• Catharina Anna Smit (88), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Barbara Alida Spijker (89), Laren

• 1981 » Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 » Mark Cameron, Australian cricketer
• 1982 » Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
• 1982 » Andreas Görlitz, German footballer
• 1982 » Brad Thompson, American baseball player
• 1982 » Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1982 » Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
• 1982 » Salvatore Masiello, Italian footballer
• 1982 » Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1982 » Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player

• 1973 » Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Goldwyn Pictures (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)
• 1985 » Reginald Baker, English-Australian film producer (b. 1896)
• 1985 » Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1989 » William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German zoologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1935)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. David
9. Robert
10. Bart
11. Hendrik
12. Willem
13. Patrick
14. Paul
15. Erik
16. Thomas

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Johanna
5. Jessica
6. Kelly
7. Marjolein
8. Esther
9. Marieke
10. Sarah
11. Elisabeth
12. Chantal
13. Ellen
14. Wendy
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 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.
• April 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• July 19 » In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
• September 16 » Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
• October 8 » Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
• October 20 » During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

The temperature on January 31, 1982 was between -2.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.