About the day » Thursday September 8, 1983Calender converter

• Dina Hilkers (99), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Hoogstad (69)
• Aart STOEL (65), Poppel, provincie Antwerpen
• Carolus Eugenius IJsebaert (80), SINT JANSTEEN (NL)
• Dianne Elizabeth (Dinie) Kaemingh (44)
• Anna Loman (86), Laren, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augusta Marie Staelens (91), Sint-Laureins
• Beatrice Osiria Nelia (Bonnie) Hollander (30), Soest
• Aren Brinkman (65)
• E. Kollmann (55), Pannerden

• 1982 » Travis Daniels, American football player
• 1983 » Chris Judd, Australian footballer
• 1983 » Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
• 1983 » Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist
• 1983 » Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer
• 1983 » Sarah Stup, American writer and autism activist
• 1983 » Wali Lundy, American football player
• 1983 » Will Blalock, American basketball player
• 1984 » Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
• 1984 » Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver

• 1974 » Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
• 1980 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1981 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1985 » John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1990 » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

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. 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.
• February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
• September 1 » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
• September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
• November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
• November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
• December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

The temperature on September 8, 1983 was between 6.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.