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• Davy Naesen, Oostende
• Danny van der Wal, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Paul Hellemons, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Danny van der Wal, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Stefan Dirk Weijgertze, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• mat van horen, helden-panningen

• Albertje Sjoerds Storm (91)
• Antonius Johannes Kersten (67), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van de Van De Beek (66), Gem.Heerde Gelderland
• Albertus Jacobus Klokgieter (83), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Arend Jansen (71), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dam (78), Roosendaal
• Antonius Geutjes (79), Ewijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Betty Louise Heath (54), Round Rock, Williamson, Texas
• Clasina Maria Adriana Mutsaers (73), Tilburg(NB)
• Adrianus Antonius (Janus) Van Oosterhout (84), Alblasserdam, Nederland

• 1982 » Audrey Kawasaki, American painter
• 1982 » Bam Childress, American football player
• 1982 » Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
• 1983 » Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician
• 1983 » Hashim Amla, South African cricketer
• 1983 » Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 » Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician
• 1983 » Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
• 1984 » David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 » Eddie Johnson, American soccer player

• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Astrid Allwyn, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
• 1988 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

• 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 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
• July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
• July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
• November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The temperature on March 31, 1983 was between 3.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.