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• Arie van de Ende (86), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ada HAAK (55)
• Barthus Johannes Kasteel (84), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina van der Velden (86), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Nassy (91), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Maria Ammerlaan (71), De Lier
• Arie van der Ende (87), Naaldwijk
• Bart Johan Kasteel (84), Harderwijk, Friesland, nederland
• Anselmus Hubertus Bartels (76), Kerkrade Overl Advert
• Alexandrina Berendina Kniest (82)

• 1981 » Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 » Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1981 » Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
• 1982 » Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
• 1982 » Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1983 » Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1983 » Roman Atwood, American YouTube star
• 1983 » Steve Cronin, American soccer player
• 1985 » Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer

• 1976 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940)

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.
• 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.
• September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
• 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.
• November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.

The temperature on May 28, 1983 was between 6.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.