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Born on Monday February 28, 1983
- Christina Grohs, Düsseldorf (Dl)
- Kirsten Potgieter, Almelo († 2022)
Died on Monday February 28, 1983
- Cornelis Theodorus van der Maat (82)
- Aagje Hos (89)
- Albertus van der Neut (86), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Douwe Eijzinga (75)
- Douwe Roeters (68), Ede
- Aagje van Prooijen (83), 's-Gravendeel (Zuid-Holland)
- Edzard Fromberg (81), Bad Ems, Rheinland-Palts
- Arend Willem Planken (57)
- Antonius Manders (85), Deurne
- Anna Dreyfus 11 (85), Saint-Germain, 78100, Frankrijk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 28, 1983 at Delpher
Born on February 28
- 1980 » Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer
- 1980 » Lucian Bute, Romanian-Canadian boxer
- 1980 » Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
- 1981 » Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout
- 1982 » Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress
- 1984 » Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
- 1984 » Noureen DeWulf, American actress
- 1985 » Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 » Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
- 1985 » Tim Bresnan, English cricketer
Died on February 28
- 1977 » Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
- 1978 » Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)
- 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
- 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
- 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)
- 1991 » Wassily Hoeffding, Finnish-American statistician and theorist (b. 1914)
- 1993 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- 1993 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)
- 1998 » Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)
- 1998 » Dermot Morgan, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1952)
Names that were popular for boys in 1983
- Jan
- Mark
- Michael
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Jeroen
- Robert
- Bart
- David
- Peter
- Paul
- Thomas
- Dennis
- Martijn
- Maarten
- 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.
- January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
- February 14 » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
- March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
- May 1 » The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
- July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
- 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.
Weather February 28, 1983
The temperature on February 28, 1983 was between 2.0 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.