About the day » Friday April 29, 1983Calender converter

• Klaas Frits Kootstra († 1983)
• Vanessa Würth, Rockhampton, Qld Australië († 1983)
• David Dumortier, roeselare

• Antonie Arnoldus de Vos (71)
• Agnes J.V.M. Wolkorte (32), Nijverdal
• Clebourne van der Velden (65), Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Dorothy Emily HALL (84), The Beeches, Uttoxeter
• * Elizabeth den Haag (88)
• Aubrey Orson Wentworth (74), Springview, Keya Paha Cnty, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Ginneken (77), Zegge,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dovie Dodson **** (75), Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• CARL GEORG AUGUST VON LINDERN (80), FUMEL (FRANKRIJK), DEPARTEMENT LOT
• André Victor Marie DOUDLET (76), Gentbrugge,9050,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1981 » Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner († 2006)
• 1981 » George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
• 1981 » Lisa Allen, English chef
• 1983 » David Lee, American basketball player
• 1983 » Jay Cutler, American football player
• 1983 » Tommie Harris, American football player
• 1984 » Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
• 1984 » Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
• 1984 » Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1984 » Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player

• 1976 » Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1993 » Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1946)
• 1997 » Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)

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

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Jessica
4. Kim
5. Nicole
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Marieke
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.
• March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
• 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.
• July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
• September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

The temperature on April 29, 1983 was between 5.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.