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Born on Sunday February 20, 1983
- Kenneth Wartel, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Pieter Van Eeghem, Tielt,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2004)
- Kirsten Linda Edelbroek, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Stefan Koppes, Leiden († 1983)
Died on Sunday February 20, 1983
- Barend Louis Steenhuizen
- Adriana Maria Heggers (87), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bastiaan Lissenburg (87), Oudewater
- Bernadina Theodora Kuster (81), Gendt
- Alphonsius EYSACKERS (83), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Alida Maria Hollenberg (89), Akersloot
- Alida Maria Hollenberg (89), Akersloot
- Antje van Soest (78), Naaldwijk
- Anna Dik (91)
- * Johannes Willebrordus Gerardus (Jan) van Zelst (73), St Michielsgestel
Born on February 20
- 1981 » Fred Jackson, American football player
- 1981 » Tony Hibbert, English footballer
- 1982 » Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
- 1983 » Jose Morales, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1983 » Justin Verlander, American baseball player
- 1984 » Brian McCann, American baseball player
- 1984 » Ramzee Robinson, American football player
- 1984 » Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host
- 1985 » Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress
- 1985 » Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
Died on February 20
- 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
- 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
- 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1981 » Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
- 1987 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905)
- 1992 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
- 1992 » Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
- 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
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.
- April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
- May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
- September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
- December 7 » An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
Weather February 20, 1983
The temperature on February 20, 1983 was between 0.2 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.