About the day » Thursday October 7, 1982Calender converter

• Andreas Cornelis Dillen (68), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Caspers (63), Sassenheim
• Burnell J Gebhart (56), Red Lion, York Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina (Dina) Schonewille (78), West Australia
• Arend Zegers (68)
• Camiel Jozef Vermeesch (66), Koksijde
• Antonius Johannes Speekenbrink (88), Alphen aan den Rijn
• August Tjaard Hendrik Scheltens (73), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Koning (31), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Henderika Spier (78), Ingersoll (Canada)

• 1981 » Austin Eubanks, American motivational speaker († 2019)
• 1982 » Jermain Defoe, English footballer
• 1982 » Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
• 1982 » Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 » Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
• 1982 » Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
• 1983 » Archie Bland, English journalist and author
• 1983 » Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1983 » Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
• 1983 » Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1983 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
• 1990 » Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (b.1971)
• 1991 » Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
• 1992 » Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
• 1993 » Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)

• 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.
• June 13 » Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
• June 24 » British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
• June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• September 16 » Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
• November 14 » Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

The temperature on October 7, 1982 was between 8.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 15.4 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.