About the day » Monday May 9, 1983Calender converter

• Lucie Jongschaap, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Paul Joost Valerie Sluijter, Sittard
• Maurice Davelaar, Apeldoorn, GD-NL († 2020)
• Sandrine MILLER, Uccle, 1180, Bruxelles, Brabant

• Adah Elizabeth Beckner (86), Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana
• Clasina Jacoba Wilhelmina Lankhuijzen (78), Ooltgensplaat
• Augustina Maria Theodora Jacobs (86), Helmond
• Alpha Fay Porter (87), Lincoln, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anny Elly Passier (63)
• ARIE VAN DER WINDT (75), VLAARDINGEN
• Antoon Mordant (83)
• Carl Eugene MOTTER (83), Gaylord, Smith County, Kansas, United States of America
• Adrianus Huibertus Koks (73), Geldrop
• Berend Lambert Jan van `t Spijker (55), Hengelo (O)

• 1981 » Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1983 » Alan Campbell, British sculler
• 1983 » Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 » Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
• 1983 » Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
• 1983 » Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer
• 1983 » Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 1983 » Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 1984 » Chase Headley, American baseball player
• 1984 » Prince Fielder, American baseball player

• 1978 » Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
• 1978 » Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
• 1979 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Dennis
14. Martijn
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 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
• 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.
• May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
• July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
• September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
• September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.

The temperature on May 9, 1983 was between 9.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.