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• Pedro Luis Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga van Orléans-Bragança, Rio de Janeiro († 2009)
• Pedro Luiz Maria Jose Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Orléans e Bragança, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil († 2009)
• Pierre d'Orléans et Bragance, Rio-de-Janeiro,, Brésil († 2009)
• Dirk Tieman
• Peter Lodewijk Maria José Michael Raphael Gabriël Gonzaga van Orléans-Bragança Prins van Brazilië, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië († 2009)
• Mieke Daems, Lommel (B)
• Mason E. Daniels, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2006)

• Anton Johannes Verdonk (81), Zeist
• Adrianus van Schadewijk (93), Oijen en Teeffelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Wieringa (76)
• Albert Snethlage (67), Zeist, Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Daisy Hercules (65), Zaanstad, Nederland
• Aida Yaffe (74), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Bertha Camilla Maria Andriessen (80), Tremelo
• Anne Wieringa (76)
• Alidor Defauw (90), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Pettinga (87), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1981 » Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1981 » Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 » Dan Klecko, American football player
• 1981 » João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 » Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 1982 » Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
• 1982 » Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
• 1982 » Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
• 1984 » Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
• 1984 » Jonathan Zydko, French footballer

• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 1988 » Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Kumar Gandharva, a Hindustani classical singer (b. 1924)

• 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 27 » The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
• February 8 » The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
• March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
• April 22 » The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
• October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
• 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 12, 1983 was between 4.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.