About the day » Thursday October 13, 1983Calender converter

• Rob Boschker, Vragender,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• N.N. Moes, Schoonoord (Sleen)

• Adriana Leenders (85)
• Berend Stegeman (82), Dalfsen, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bertha van Dijk (69), Herveld
• Beryl Jean Jinnie Whittaker (67), Ibal Victoria Australia
• Albert Boots (82), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Cornelis Vermeulen (60), Tilburg
• Albert Fennema (85)
• Anne Bertilde Ivarsdtr Johannessen (83), Haugesund
• Christina Klasina Primowees (79), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Wilhelmina van Oosten (78), Leidschendam

• 1980 » Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 » David Haye, English boxer
• 1980 » Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
• 1980 » Scott Parker, English footballer
• 1981 » Ryan Ashford, English footballer
• 1981 » Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1982 » Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player
• 1982 » Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
• 1986 » Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer
• 1986 » Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer

• 1974 » Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
• 1974 » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1985 » Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
• 1987 » Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

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.
• April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
• July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
• 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.
• August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
• October 13 » Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

The temperature on October 13, 1983 was between 8.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.