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• Jochem (Jos) van der Laan, Oude-Pekela Nieuwe-Pekela Groningen Nederland († 1989)
• Maria Johanna van Sommeren, Maasbommel
• Tim (1) Lambrechts, Kapellen / Cappelen, België († 1983)
• Jeffrey Wilhelmus Johannes van de Vorst, Weert († 1992)

• Cornelis Martijn Boelhouwers (78), 's Hertogenbosch (Noord-Brabant, Nederland)
• Bruce Richard Van De Streek (17), Seattle, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Etta Mae Bristow (67), Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Clement de CORSWAREM (82), Turnhout, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie
• Alida de Groot (70), Noordwijkerhout
• Charles Burley Mullinax (81), Altamonte Springs, Seminole, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje Zamdbergen (74), Zwolle, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jacomina Knook (72), Paterson, Passiac, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agetha TUCHSCHER (89), Cortland, Trumbull, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Judocus (Andre) Bal (84), Roosendaal

• 1981 » Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1981 » Michelle Dockery, English actress
• 1982 » Borja García, Spanish race car driver
• 1982 » Charlie Cox, English actor
• 1982 » Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1983 » Camilla Luddington, English actress
• 1983 » Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player
• 1983 » René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1983 » Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1984 » Martyn Bernard, English high jumper

• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1989 » Edward Underdown, English actor and jockey (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915)
• 1993 » William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (b. 1925)

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.
• March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
• June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
• August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• September 25 » Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
• November 27 » Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.

The temperature on December 15, 1983 was between -2.0 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.