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February 15, 1983
Born on Wednesday February 16, 1983
- Patrick van den Berg († 2006)
- freek p.m. (freek) van zon, helden-beringe
- Christopher Peter VANDEHAAR († 1983)
- Jeroen BEX, Genk (B) († 2018)
Died on Wednesday February 16, 1983
- Anna Baardse (86), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Berend van der Weide (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Ada Holmes (87), Matlock Derbyshire
- Adrianus Cornelis Maria van Dal (83), Tilburg
- Adriaan Minderhoud (93), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
- Aaltje van der Sleen (73), Bilt, li.nld
- Anna Hendrika Huiskes (89), Twello
- Albert Eduard Marie Ongenae (68), Vogelwaarde, Zeeland, Nederland
- Aaltje Wartena (79), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
- Arie Lanser (83), Sully, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 16, 1983 at Delpher
Born on February 16
- 1981 » Jay Howard, English race car driver
- 1981 » Jerry Owens, American baseball player
- 1981 » Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
- 1982 » Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
- 1982 » Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
- 1982 » Rickie Lambert, English footballer
- 1983 » Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
- 1984 » Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
- 1984 » Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
- 1985 » Simon Francis, English footballer
Died on February 16
- 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
- 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
- 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
- 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1980 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
- 1984 » M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
- 1990 » Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)
- 1991 » Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)
- 1992 » Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (b. 1940)
- 1992 » Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (b. 1917)
Names that were popular for boys in 1983
- Jan
- Mark
- Michael
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jeroen
- Robert
- Bart
- David
- Peter
- Paul
- Thomas
- Maarten
- Martijn
- Dennis
- Christopher
Names that were popular for girls in 1983
- Maria
- Linda
- Jessica
- Kim
- Nicole
- Sarah
- Marieke
- Johanna
- Jennifer
- Anna
- Wendy
- Laura
- Elisabeth
- Saskia
- Ilona
- 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.
- March 6 » The first United States Football League games are played.
- April 22 » The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
- May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
- September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
- November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
Weather February 16, 1983
The temperature on February 16, 1983 was between -6.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.