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• Cornelis Blokker (80)
• Elisabeth Christina Coenen (80), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Judith Lenaerts (86), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna van Zijderveld (82)
• Augustinus Geyskens (74), Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Adriana Everaars (81), ,, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonia Henrica Joanna Josephina Pelders (49), Tilburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems Mast (86), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Edward Dawes (57), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Arjen Ottes Veninga (81), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1981 » Meagan Good, American actress and producer
• 1981 » Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• 1981 » Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1982 » David Florence, English canoe racer
• 1982 » Ross Ohlendorf, American baseball player
• 1983 » Guy Burnet, English actor and producer
• 1983 » Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 » Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
• 1984 » Martrez Milner, American football player
• 1984 » Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver

• 1979 » Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
• 1980 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Thomas McElwee, Irish republican and PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1982 » Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920)
• 1984 » Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 1984 » Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)
• 1985 » Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

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. Maarten
15. Martijn
16. Christopher

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Marieke
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.
• May 20 » Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
• September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
• September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
• November 10 » Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
• 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.
• December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

The temperature on August 8, 1983 was between 13.3 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.