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• Roeland Sterckx, Veurne († 1984)
• Sven Yannick Joshua Vermaat, Rotterdam († 1993)
• Manasse Hutten, Hardenberg († 1987)
• Manasse Joachim Hutten († 1987)

• Carolus Ludovicus Henricus van Bourgonië (81), Turnhout (B.)
• Arie Corenlius Epping (37), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje (Janie) VAN DER PERK (67), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Alice Meuleman (81), Sijsele
• Anna Aleida Matser (80), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margretha Schmitz (80)
• Bernardus Reinierus Cuppers (71)
• Alieda Mannak (72)
• Alice Euphemia McCalla (95), Old Harbour, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
• Anna Cornelia Clara van den BROEK, Voorschoten

• 1981 » Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
• 1981 » Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
• 1981 » Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1981 » Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
• 1981 » Robert Copeland, Australian footballer
• 1982 » Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
• 1982 » Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist
• 1983 » Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
• 1983 » Henry Holland, English fashion designer
• 1983 » Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player

• 1969 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Silvio Moser, Swiss race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1976 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1978 » Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1979 » George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 1994 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1995 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)

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. 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.
• February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
• February 14 » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
• March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
• June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• December 31 » The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.

The temperature on May 26, 1983 was between 8.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.