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• Johan Geling († 2007)
• Woud Somers, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annemarie Eigenhuis, 's-Gravenhage († 2018)

• Charles Vilhelm MADSEN (73), Calgary, Alberta, Kanada
• Berdina hendrika Zorn (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bert Oosterhuis (41), Algerije
• Aukjen Beekes Beeksma (80), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Fryslân, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vermeulen (88), Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Duits (81), Sioux County, Iowa
• Aafke Deelstra (47), Drachten, Ids Wiersmahof 29
• Antonius van der Velden (75)
• Aafke Hendriks Deelstra (47), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrica Antonia Simons (81), Nijmegen

• 1977 » Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright
• 1979 » Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.
• 1982 » Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1982 » Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
• 1983 » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver
• 1986 » Wayne Routledge, English footballer winger
• 1987 » Davide Astori, Italian footballer († 2018)
• 1987 » Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• 1987 » Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer

• 1972 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer(b. 1908)
• 1981 » Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917))
• 1988 » Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b.1919)
• 1989 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
• 1992 » Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. David
7. Michael
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. Chantal
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.
• April 25 » Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
• June 10 » Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
• June 13 » Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
• July 4 » Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
• July 20 » Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

The temperature on January 7, 1982 was between -10.2 °C and -1.9 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.