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• Michel de Jong
• Mirjam Surya Johannesdr. Hobma († 1994)
• Danny Brouwer, Nijmegen († 2004)
• Sander Hawinkels, Heerlen
• Elly De Koninck († 1983)

• Albert Remmers (59)
• Annechien Kemkers (72), Roden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• "Albert" Victor Adrien Laurent Ghislain Christyn de Ribaucourt (67), Tournai, Belgique
• Albertus van der Linden (62), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Antje C Stoppelmoor (98)
• Basiel Renatus van Lemmens (83), Temse
• * Arend Willem Planken (57), Leerdam
• Bernardus Tolboom (81), Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne E. Whaley (89), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
• Anna Theresia Ackermans (55), Breda

• 1981 » Charles Tillman, American football player
• 1981 » Gareth Barry, English footballer
• 1981 » Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1982 » Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
• 1983 » Aziz Ansari, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 » Emily Blunt, English actress
• 1983 » Mido, Egyptian footballer, striker, manager and sportscaster
• 1986 » Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1986 » Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter

• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Michael
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jeroen
7. Robert
8. Bart
9. David
10. Peter
11. Paul
12. Thomas
13. Maarten
14. Martijn
15. Dennis
16. Christopher

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Marieke
8. Johanna
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 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
• March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
• March 23 » Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
• May 20 » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
• September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
• December 31 » The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.

The temperature on February 23, 1983 was between -4.7 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.