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Born on Tuesday January 4, 1983
- Sebastiaan Koster, Den Oever († 1983)
Died on Tuesday January 4, 1983
- Adrianus Bernardus Martens (69), Effen (Princenhage) (Noord-Brabant)
- Alieda Berendina Buursema (79), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
- Christian Peter Weaver (85), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States of America
- Catharina Frederika Dorothea ter Beest (76), Zutphen
- Bertha Peetermans (69)
- Adriana Wilhelmina Schuurmans (92), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anthony Kaelin (86), Charlestown, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
- Alieda Berendina Buursema (79), Oosterwolde
- Alice Landaal (83), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Blanche M. Bosworth (98), Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 4, 1983 at Delpher
Born on January 4
- 1975 » Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
- 1978 » Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
- 1980 » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 » Al Jefferson, American basketball player
- 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
- 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
- 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
- 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
- 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
- 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
Died on January 4
- 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
- 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
- 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
- 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
- 1988 » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
- 1990 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
- 1990 » Henry Bolte, Australian sergeant and politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
- 1994 » R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)
- 1995 » Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
- 1995 » Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
Names that were popular for boys in 1983
- Jan
- Mark
- Michael
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jeroen
- Robert
- Bart
- David
- Peter
- Paul
- Thomas
- Dennis
- Martijn
- Maarten
- Christopher
Names that were popular for girls in 1983
- Maria
- Linda
- Jessica
- Kim
- Nicole
- Sarah
- Marieke
- Johanna
- Jennifer
- Anna
- Wendy
- Laura
- Elisabeth
- Saskia
- Ilona
- Ellen
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1983
- 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 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.
- February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
- July 24 » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
- September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
- November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
Weather January 4, 1983
The temperature on January 4, 1983 was between 3.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.