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• Michiel Francis Herman LAGRAND, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Michiel LAGRAND, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Nathalie Laure Millet, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia

• Bernard J Mcauley (72), Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
• Dora Hoofwijk (75), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Kornelia van der Cingel (87), Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertine Dussault (89), Deschambault, QC
• Antoinette Gerarda Rijnders (70), Den Haag
• Alida Agatha van VUREN (37), Rotterdam
• Dennis Neal Cargill (52), Flint, Genesee, MI
• Clarita Servasia Croes (81)
• Carolus Eugenius Verwimp (76), Herenthout, Antwerp, Belgium
• Arie Barmentlo (88), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1983 » Christopher Paolini, American author
• 1983 » Harry Lloyd, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 » Ioannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
• 1983 » Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer
• 1983 » Nick Markakis, American baseball player
• 1983 » Ryan Bradley, American figure skater
• 1983 » Ryan Braun, American baseball player
• 1983 » Scott Moore, American baseball player
• 1983 » Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
• 1983 » Viva Bianca, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)
• 1990 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (b. 1934)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Johannes
5. Pieter
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Maarten
14. Dennis
15. Martijn
16. Daniel

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.
• February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
• June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
• July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
• July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
• August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.

The temperature on November 17, 1983 was between -1.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.