About the day » Sunday January 16, 1983Calender converter

• Nathalie Journée, Nieuwerkerken, België († 1984)
• Joris Hermus, Dongen, Nederland († 2011)

• Amelie Gutschow (46), Asuncion, Paraguay
• Antonius Johannes van Kessel (58), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aris Maat (90), Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert John Marchese (76), San Jose, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Verdonck (75), Venlo
• Clarence George Pfadenhauer (74), Burlington (Iowa), Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Meininger (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Krijnsen (84)
• Baukje Jelles Lieklema (86)
• Anna Ambrus (81), Dévaványa, Bekes

• 1981 » Bobby Zamora, English footballer, striker
• 1981 » Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer
• 1982 » Preston, English singer-songwriter
• 1982 » Tuncay, Turkish footballer
• 1983 » Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
• 1983 » Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
• 1984 » Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
• 1984 » Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
• 1985 » Joe Flacco, American football player

• 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
• 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
• 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
• 1986 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
• 1987 » Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1899)

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.
• 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 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
• March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
• September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• December 31 » The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.

The temperature on January 16, 1983 was between 7.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.