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• Amanda Brunson, Denton, TX († 1983)

• Adriana Johanna Van Horik (78), Eckelrade
• Antonia Akkerman (59), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Arie Hoegee
• Cornelia van der Vliet (84), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
• Aloysius Henricus Franciscus "Alouis" O'Prinsen (67), Tilburg
• Bryce Wight Baxter (54), Lane, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Alexander Gordon Humme (64), Tilburg
• Carel Herman Aart DESSAUVAGIE (87), den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wouter Govert van Wijnen (60)
• * Aart Jan van Gelder (79), Gorinchem

• 1982 » Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
• 1982 » Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
• 1983 » Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1983 » Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 » Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
• 1984 » Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
• 1984 » Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 » Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1984 » Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
• 1984 » Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech († 2007)

• 1973 » Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
• 1980 » Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
• 1990 » Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
• 1990 » Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
• 1993 » Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)

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. Maarten
14. Martijn
15. Dennis
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.
• February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
• June 13 » Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
• October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
• November 17 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
• December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

The temperature on January 18, 1983 was between 2.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.