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• Anna Buning (95), Veenoord, Nederland
• Alice Kurka (69), Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States
• Anna Elizabeth Hiebert (79), Marion County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Huizer (76)
• Adriana Maria Susanna Tunderman (77), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van den Ende (83), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Blom (87), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Buning (95), Veenoord Sleen
• Antonetta Johanna Cornelia Panen (61), Rotterdam
• Anna Kaandorp (72), Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1980 » Laura Sadler, English actress († 2003)
• 1980 » Marcus Trufant, American football player
• 1981 » Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer
• 1981 » Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
• 1981 » Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 » Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1982 » Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
• 1982 » Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
• 1982 » Shawn Andrews, American football player
• 1984 » Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer

• 1975 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)
• 1975 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
• 1980 » Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)
• 1988 » Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1989 » Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)

• 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.
• January 30 » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
• April 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• June 10 » Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
• November 30 » Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
• December 2 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
• December 13 » The 6.0 M_s  North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.

The temperature on December 25, 1982 was between 2.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.