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• Monique Schoneveld, Gorssel, Epse († 1985)
• Charee Froukje Lindsay, Perth
• Remco Theodorus van Leeuwen, Hilversum

• Ellen Skinner (76)
• Arthur Logghe (74), Downing, Dunn County WI
• Carrie Victoria Lumpp (Schlobohm) (89), Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, United States of America
• Bastiaan van Hoof (77)
• Amelia Maria Adriaansen (80), Nieuw Ginneken
• Bastiaan van Hoof (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Adriana Maria Stabel (63), Tilburg
• Ethel M Dykhuizen (76), Burnside Township, Lapeer County, Michigan
• Franciscus van Ham (78), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annetje Elisabeth van het Einde (83)

• 1977 » Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
• 1977 » Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 » Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
• 1982 » Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer († 2013)
• 1983 » Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model
• 1983 » Matt Leinart, American football player
• 1983 » Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist († 2014)
• 1984 » Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 1986 » Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer

• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)

• 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 28 » US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
• May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
• June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
• November 13 » The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
• December 2 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

The temperature on May 11, 1982 was between 4.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.