About the day » Wednesday December 28, 1983Calender converter

• Elger Tim Samain Jonker, Boxmeer
• Dustin Edward TURNER, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, United States of America († 2007)
• Ian Pieter Toxopeus, Maxville (Canada) († 1984)
• Edward Andrew Johnson, Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon († 1984)

• Cornelia Jacoba Sprangers (85), Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Steehouwer (89), Zwijndrecht
• Cornelia Jacoba Sprangers (85), Dongen
• Cornelia Ida Verkleij (93), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Adrianus Anthonij Beijk (87), Sassenheim
• Cornelia Ida (Nel) Verkleij (93), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Adelina Clara Emilie Seefeldt (92), Princeton, Mille Lacs Co., Minnesota
• André van der Made (68), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Clasina Swart (89), Amsterdam
• Charles Peter Jongewaard (64), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota (USA)

• 1981 » Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist
• 1981 » Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
• 1981 » Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer
• 1981 » Sienna Miller, American-born British actress and fashion designer
• 1982 » Cedric Benson, American football player († 2019)
• 1982 » Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player
• 1982 » Ferry Rotinsulu, Indonesian footballer
• 1982 » François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer

• 1976 » Katharine Byron, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1990 » Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)

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.
• January 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
• January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
• March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
• November 17 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
• December 5 » Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
• 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 28, 1983 was between 9.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.