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• Aaron RHODA, Michigan U.S.A († 2013)
• Paulus RIEMER, Ermeloo († 1982)
• Piet Koopmans († 2008)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria van Boxtel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Tippens, Rotterdam

• Aaltje Wierema (82)
• Adriana Catharina Kapteijn (85), Rotterdam
• Aart Stehouwer (65), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• ("Géraud" Felix Marie Fidèle Picot de Moras d'Aligny (68), Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France
• Antonius Hendrikus Butzelaar (65)
• Emma Erna Bystron (69), Den Haag, Nederland
• Arend Daniel Michiel ELEMA (71), Siddeburen (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands
• Albert Feitsma (51), Giessenburg
• Berendina Hut (64), Los Angeles, Verenigde Staten
• Alfred Ray Hoobler (51), Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida

• 1979 » Aaron Paul, American actor and producer
• 1979 » Rusty Smith, American speed skater
• 1979 » Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist
• 1981 » Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer
• 1981 » Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 » Joanna McGilchrist, English rugby player and physiotherapist
• 1984 » David Bentley, English footballer
• 1984 » Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
• 1985 » Kevan Hurst, English footballer
• 1985 » Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer

• 1971 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)
• 1978 » Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
• 1980 » Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
• 1990 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
• 1990 » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954) (Double Trouble)

• 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 5 » Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
• April 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
• May 21 » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
• September 1 » The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
• October 1 » Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan. On the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.

The temperature on August 27, 1982 was between 8.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.