About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1983Calender converter

• Joshua John Conner, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
• Simone Franssen
• Lori Carolyn Bartholow, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States († 1984)
• Jeffrey John BILLION († 2017)

• Adrianus Hendrikus Vermeer (50), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Hendrikus van Dijk (84), Oegstgeest
• Arendje Toet (94), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna van Zijderveld (82)
• Bertus Cecil Hacquebard (95), Eindhoven
• Albert Zoer (79), Baarn,Utrecht,Niederlande
• Aleida Maria Susanna Hartgerink (81), Oldenzaal, Prov.Overijssel, Niederlande
• Antonius Wilhelmus Maria VAN DIJK (84), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Tusch (79), Franeker
• Alida Johanna Ploeger (95), Zaandam

• 1981 » Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1981 » Tim Murtagh, Irish-English cricketer
• 1982 » Cynthia Stevenson, American actress
• 1982 » Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
• 1982 » Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 » Kerry Rhodes, American football player
• 1983 » Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 » Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
• 1985 » David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
• 1985 » Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player

• 1976 » Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
• 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
• 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (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 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
• February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
• September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
• September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
• October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
• December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.

The temperature on August 2, 1983 was between 10.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.