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• Lieke Rutten, Vierlingsbeek
• Amanda Brunson, Denton, TX († 1983)

• Aloijsius Henricus Franciscus Oprinsen (67), Tilburg
• Antonia Johanna Maria Hagen (67), Twello
• Arie Boer (76), Sliedrecht
• Bertha Janssen (82)
• Clarence Jacob Ryskamp (83), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bryce Wight Baxter (54), Lane, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Adriana Baaij (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Huibert Blokland (88), Bussum
• Alida Ros (78), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Wouter Govert van Wijnen (60)

• 1982 » Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
• 1982 » Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
• 1983 » Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1983 » Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 » Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
• 1984 » Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
• 1984 » Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 » Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1984 » Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
• 1984 » Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech († 2007)

• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
• 1990 » Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
• 1990 » Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
• 1993 » Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Martijn
14. Dennis
15. Maarten
16. Christopher

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Marieke
8. Johanna
9. Jennifer
10. Anna
11. Wendy
12. Laura
13. Elisabeth
14. Saskia
15. Ilona
16. Ellen

• 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 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 19 » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
• February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
• April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
• May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
• November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
• November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

The temperature on January 18, 1983 was between 2.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.