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• Dirk Waterink († 1982)

• Averill E. Adner (69), Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States
• * Jacob Martin Cornelis Bijl (72), Amsterdam
• Benedito Corrêa (61), Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brasil
• anna maria niessen (83), venlo (ziekenhuis)
• Bernardus Antonius Mollink (68), Denekamp
• Aafje Pijper (82)
• Adrianus de Zeeuw (81), Enschede
• Albertien Wind (85), Bergentheim, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernard Herbert Eastwood ** (70)
• Antonio Elesbão de Siqueira (65), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• 1981 » David Testo, American soccer player
• 1981 » Randy Wayne, American actor and producer
• 1982 » Ángeles Balbiani, Argentine actress and singer
• 1982 » Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
• 1982 » Juan Martín Hernández, Argentine rugby player
• 1982 » Marquise Hill, American football player († 2007)
• 1982 » Martin Vučić, Macedonian singer and drummer
• 1982 » Vassilis Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
• 1983 » Christian Chávez, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor
• 1983 » Murat Dalkılıç, Turkish singer-songwriter

• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1974 » Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Mickey Leland, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)

• 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.
• June 10 » Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
• June 27 » Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.
• July 24 » Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
• 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.
• October 5 » Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
• November 3 » The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people.

The temperature on August 7, 1982 was between 16.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.