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• Jonathon Edwards, Seattle, Washington, United States of America († 1999)
• Jonathon Edwards, Seattle US († 1999)

• Anna Cornelia Schermer (82), Limmen
• Cornelia Apolonia Maria Paalvast (75), Naaldwijk
• Antonius Cornelis Joseph van Schagen ( 5 A ) (74), Landkern-Duitsland
• Albert Mintjes * (94)
• Cor Paanakker (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Leonardus van Schie (80)
• Charlotte Thérèse Sande van der (58), Enschede, Ov, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Adriana Raijmakers (96), Laren
• Scholma (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Anna Ramakers (97), Sittard

• 1980 » Lucy Gordon, British actress and model († 2009)
• 1980 » Sharice Davids, American politician
• 1981 » Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer († 2015)
• 1981 » Daniel Bryan, American wrestler
• 1981 » Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
• 1982 » Apolo Ohno, American speed skater
• 1982 » Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress
• 1982 » Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer
• 1983 » Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
• 1984 » Karoline Herfurth, German actress

• 1974 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1988 » Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
• 1990 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Johannes
6. David
7. Michael
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Bart
11. Hendrik
12. Willem
13. Patrick
14. Erik
15. Thomas
16. Paul

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Johanna
5. Jessica
6. Kelly
7. Sarah
8. Esther
9. Marieke
10. Marjolein
11. Elisabeth
12. Ellen
13. Chantal
14. Wendy
15. Jennifer
16. Anna

• 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.
• February 2 » Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
• June 20 » The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
• June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• July 19 » In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
• October 1 » Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

The temperature on May 22, 1982 was between 12.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.