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• Paul Hubertus Kortenbach, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Arnaud de PRELLE

• Cornelis Pieter Middel (79), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Enno van Essen (93), Siddeburen (Slochteren)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Becks (76)
• Cornelis Jozef Mekken (69), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Blanche O'Neil (78), Escondido, San Diego County, California
• Cornelia Kamp (88), Schiedam
• Anna Krikke (65), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Annie Bakker (66), Westerland (gem. Hollands Kroon, NH)
• Alida van Assenbergh (71), Amsterdam
• Albertus Johannes Kuiper (78)

• 1981 » Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1981 » David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
• 1981 » Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
• 1981 » Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 » Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 » Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 » Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
• 1982 » Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 » Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1983 » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer († 2006)

• 1972 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)

• 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.
• June 21 » John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 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.
• November 13 » Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
• December 3 » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

The temperature on October 1, 1982 was between 8.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.