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• Lloyd Wayne Haines, Columbus (Bartholomew County) (Indiana) († 1985)
• Wendy Andrea Maria Gerda Geurts, Heerlen
• Elisabeth Vanmarcke, Le Mans († 1982)

• Annie de Vries (43)
• Bernardus Kooij (78), Alicante, Alicante, Spanje
• Christ Aarts (90), Gilze
• Alec Norman Spencer le Sueur (78), Melkbosstrand, Zuid-Afrika
• Adrianus BAKX (96), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auke van der Meer (88), Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Julia MELIS (85), Retie,2470,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anneke Dijkstra (86), Sneek
• Bertha Maria Caroline Louise Camilla Gabriëlle Ghislaine Barbara van Ursel (95), Brugge, Vlaanderen
• Anna Maria Rozemeijer (67), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1979 » Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player and manager
• 1980 » Dwight Freeney, American football player
• 1980 » Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
• 1980 » Mike Miller, American basketball player
• 1981 » Beth Ditto, American singer
• 1983 » Kotoōshū Katsunori, Bulgarian sumo wrestler
• 1983 » Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer and actress
• 1983 » Ryan Whitney, American ice hockey player
• 1984 » Chris Richardson, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Haylie Duff, American actress and singer

• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.
• 1972 » John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
• 1973 » Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Anthony Crosland, English captain and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1918)
• 1977 » Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1988 » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)

• 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.
• March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
• May 25 » Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
• June 21 » John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• 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 February 19, 1982 was between -3.1 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.