About the day » Tuesday October 18, 1983Calender converter

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• Anna Gertruda Maessen (74), Venray-Oirlo
• Arend Jan Veneman
• Cornelis Johannes Schrama (84), Sassenheim
• Anne Gaythorne Jackson (38), Greenwich, Greater London, England
• Annigje Alberts (89), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christina Frederika Hoogland (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Joseph Emile Matheï (76), Bilzen
• Albert Reginald (Reg) Innes (73), Auckland, New Zealand
• Albertus Leonardus Richardus Welling (60), Bloemendaal
• * Jacoba G. Baegen (43), Axel

• 1982 » Mark Sampson, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1982 » Michael Dingsdag, Dutch footballer
• 1982 » Simon Gotch, American wrestler
• 1982 » Thierry Amiel, French singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Dante, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 » Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1984 » Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
• 1984 » Lindsey Vonn, American skier
• 1984 » Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
• 1984 » Robert Harting, German discus thrower

• 1978 » Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
• 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
• 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 1982 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)

• 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 » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
• May 20 » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
• July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
• July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
• September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

The temperature on October 18, 1983 was between 7.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.