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• Willem Pieter Suyderhoud, Vallejo Novato Californie
• Renske van Dun, Tilburg († 2022)
• Ilona Helmink-Ekkebus, Doetinchem
• Samantha Haberland, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Christina Frederika van Doorn (89), Amsterdam
• Alida Maria Jacobs de Graaff (64), Alkmaar
• Anna de Haan (92), Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Alie (Zus) Profijt (46), Noordscheschut, Hoogeveen
• Bert Elands (68), Soest {UT}
• Aleida Gijsberta Peek (76), Amsterdam
• Alphonsus Herman (87), Kloosterzande
• Aalbert Bos (86), Ede
• Clara Jane Warren (80), Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
• Aaltje (Alie) Profijt (46), Noordscheschut, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1981 » Craig Anderson, American ice hockey player
• 1981 » Edson Buddle, American soccer player
• 1981 » Josh Hamilton, American baseball player
• 1981 » Maximilian Mutzke, German singer-songwriter
• 1983 » Deidson Araújo Maia, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 » Kaori Shimizu, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1983 » Līga Dekmeijere, Latvian tennis player
• 1984 » Brandon Fields, American football player
• 1984 » Sara Goller, German volleyball player
• 1984 » Syamsul Yusof, Malaysian actor, film director, scriptwriter, film producer, rapper and singer

• 1973 » Ivan Konev, Soviet Marshal and general (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1983 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 1991 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
• 1995 » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)

• 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 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
• April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
• June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• September 25 » Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
• November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
• December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

The temperature on May 21, 1983 was between 8.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 11.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.