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Born on Wednesday November 2, 1983
Died on Wednesday November 2, 1983

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 2, 1983 at Delpher


Born on November 2

Died on November 2
  • 1975 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
  • 1981 » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
  • 1982 » Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
  • 1990 » Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
  • 1991 » Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
  • 1991 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
  • 1992 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
  • 1992 » Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)
  • 1994 » Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)
  • 1994 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (b. 1917)

Names that were popular for boys in 1983
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1983
  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

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 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
  • 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.
  • September 25 » Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
Weather November 2, 1983

The temperature on November 2, 1983 was between 8.3 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.

Source: KNMI