About the day » Saturday May 14, 1983Calender converter

• Albertus van Grafhorst (66), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Catharina Du Preez (88)
• Arie Corstiaanszn Baars (93)
• Charles Jean Gilles MULLENDERS (77), Visé, Province de Liège, Belgique
• Alphonsus Carolus Ludovicus VAN DEN ABBEELE (80), Aalst, België
• Albert Eugene Corbey (86), Quimperlé, Finistére,, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoon Bouman (59)
• Donald Adolf Buschkens (64), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Lipsch (76), Ransdaal, Klimmen
• Aaltje Kuijper (90)

• 1983 » Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director
• 1983 » Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1983 » Frank Gore, American football player
• 1983 » Keeley Donovan, English journalist
• 1983 » Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1983 » Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
• 1984 » Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
• 1984 » Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
• 1984 » Michael Rensing, German footballer
• 1984 » Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter

• 1979 » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
• 1982 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)

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. 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.
• February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
• 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.
• July 24 » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
• July 24 » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
• October 13 » Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.

The temperature on May 14, 1983 was between 7.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.