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• Walter Lovell Tol († 1983)
• Tim Christiaan Schulte († 2011)
• Spencer Crain Tol († 1983)
• Matthew Raymond Adams, Anaheim, California
• Jerry Paul Busbee, South Carolina, United States of America († 1984)

• Andrew Trumbull Blair (85), Pinellas County, Florida, United States of America
• Donnie Mae Fisher (76), Hamilton County, TX
• Cornelis Josephus Havermans (88), Tilburg
• Cornelis Antonie Beurmanjer (85), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Anna Christianus Jansen (70), Tilburg
• Augusto Fabiano da Cunha Campos (55), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Bernardina Josephina Maria Poggemann (88), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Koelman (86), Amsterdam
• Clemens Maria NEERVOORT (56), (AT)
• Antonie Johannes van Beest (64)

• 1981 » Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
• 1982 » Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1982 » Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
• 1982 » Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
• 1982 » Shawn Andrews, American football player
• 1984 » Alastair Cook, English cricketer
• 1984 » Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
• 1984 » Chris Richard, American basketball player
• 1984 » Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
• 1984 » Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer

• 1977 » Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
• 1979 » Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1979 » Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
• 1980 » Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)
• 1988 » Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1989 » Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)

• 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 27 » The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
• July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
• July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
• July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
• 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.

The temperature on December 25, 1983 was between 9.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.