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• Anneliese Maree Otto, Mount Isa (Austr.) († 2020)
• Ester van de Meerakker († 2004)
• Katelyn Anne Lange, Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Michelle Lynn Vloedman, Oak Lawn, IL
• Martijn Vromans, Bladel († 1983)

• Augusta Aldegonda Maria Petronella Helsper (72), Heerlen
• Albertus Kerkhof (63), Tongeren, Belgium
• Albertus Kerkhof (63), Tongeren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthony C Supanich (55), Warren, Macomb, Michigan, United States
• Claude Carlton Hill (67), Chesapeake, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Snijders (55), Katwijk
• Anna Katherine Sinclair (63), Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Anne-Marie de Spee (68)
• Amelie Marie Decat (77), Sint-Truiden (B), België
• Alice Vanmechelen (78), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1965 » Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
• 1967 » Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
• 1971 » Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
• 1977 » Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
• 1981 » Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author
• 1982 » Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
• 1983 » Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.
• 1984 » Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 1997 » Jelena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

• 1969 » Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1970 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1971 » J.I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1976 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
• 1982 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1987 » Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
• 1997 » George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)

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 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
• September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• October 22 » Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

The temperature on June 8, 1983 was between 14.0 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.