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• Nicola Victoria Maaldrink, Den Haag († 1982)
• Karia Marie Stob
• Cameron Jacob Meranda, KILLEEN († 1982)

• Cameron Jacob Meranda (0), KILLEEN
• Aafje van Bree (92), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Martinus Cornelius Klijberg (82), Tilburg
• Arie van STEENIS (77), Gorinchem
• Aren Johannis Kasteleijn (81), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bruno Witkowski (46), Detroit
• Adriana Elizabeth Lakerveld (88), Leidschendam, 2265, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Roestenburg (68), Liempde
• Antonius Johannes Josephus Bernardus Stevens (89), Heerlen
• Aaltje Johanna van den Bolt (65), Deventer

• 1979 » Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 († 2001)
• 1979 » Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver
• 1979 » Walter Davis, American triple jumper
• 1980 » Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player
• 1981 » Carlos Rogers, American football player
• 1981 » Nathan Ellington, English footballer
• 1983 » Kyle Hogg, English cricketer
• 1983 » Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 » Johnny Weir, American figure skater
• 1984 » Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer

• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1975 » James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)
• 1989 » Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)

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.
• March 30 » Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
• June 13 » Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
• September 1 » The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
• October 8 » Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
• December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

The temperature on July 2, 1982 was between 13.8 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.