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

• Benjamin Postma (67), Alto, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Jacobus Verhoeven (51), Tilburg
• Antonius Hendrikus van Oorschot (79), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Blair Hale Holliday (64), Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• Barbara Alida Spijker (89), Laren
• Arie van den Hooven (63), West-Souburg, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Bartalina Langbroek (85), Velsen Noord Holland (NL)
• Arthur John Lemmen (80), Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan
• Austin Daves (72), Rutherford County, n C
• Aaron Henri Chouraki (75), Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France

• 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)

• 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 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
• June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
• July 8 » A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
• September 20 » Football players begin a 57-day strike during the 1982 NFL season.

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.