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• Everdina Jeannette Bouw, Lunteren († 1985)
• Daisy ROODZANT Tdr († 1983)

• Anthonius Vendrig (74), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Griffioen (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Berends (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrian Kevin PITT (0)
• Andrew J. Meester (74), Buried Pleasant Valley Reformed Church Cemetery, Holland, Iowa
• Albert Berends (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Olsthoorn (64)
• Abraham Griffioen (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Dekker (90), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske de Hoop (72), -

• 1981 » Alexandre Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
• 1981 » Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 » Ola Kvernberg, Norwegian violinist
• 1982 » May Andersen, Danish model and actress
• 1982 » Missy Peregrym, Canadian model and actress
• 1983 » Armend Dallku, Albanian footballer
• 1984 » Dan Ryckert, American writer and entertainer
• 1984 » Rick Nash, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 » Steven Whittaker, Scottish footballer

• 1977 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1912)
• 1979 » Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ghanaian general and politician, 6th Head of state of Ghana (b. 1931)
• 1979 » Nicholas Ray, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1982 » James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Lew Andreas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Marguerite de Angeli, American author and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1988 » Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (b. 1946)

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.
• March 2 » Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
• April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
• April 25 » Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
• June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
• July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
• October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

The temperature on June 16, 1983 was between 6.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.