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• Robert Robertus Henricus Nijhof, Apeldoorn
• Luukie van Wanrooij, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1998)
• Bernardus Franciscus Wilhelmus (Bram) BEKS († 1983)
• Raymond Albert Slot, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Cornelia Diepenhorst (78), Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beatrice Dodson (65), Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
• Cornelia Diepenhorst (78), Gorinchem
• Celine Joris (51), Sint-Truiden, België
• Carolina Ooms (87), Geel
• Doeke Krijns bij de Leij (87), Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berber van der Ende (36), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Dorothy Mitchel Smith (84), Luik, Brabant, Belgium
• Berendina Maria Gerhardina Paulina de Geus (86), Bilthoven
• Antonius Hendrikus Berkers (60), Asten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1978 » Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
• 1981 » Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
• 1981 » Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player
• 1983 » Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
• 1984 » Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 » Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
• 1985 » Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
• 1990 » Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
• 1990 » Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player

• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)
• 1994 » John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b. 1942)
• 1999 » Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator
• 2000 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)

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. Dennis
14. Martijn
15. Maarten
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.
• March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
• March 11 » Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
• June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
• June 18 » Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
• June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• November 27 » Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.

The temperature on May 10, 1983 was between 4.9 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.