About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1983Calender converter

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

• Adriana Erkens (89), Rotterdam
• Alida Johanna Ploeger (95), Zaandam
• Antonius Cornelis (Toon) van de Meerakker (69), Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Hubert Eijck (86), Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Aart van Dalen (86), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Vermeer (50), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Johanna van Zijderveld (82)
• Charles Eijck (86), Schimmert
• Cornelia Zwijnenburg (91), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis van de Meerakker (69), Eindhoven

• 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)

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.
• June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
• 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 22 » Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
• October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
• November 7 » United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
• November 10 » Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

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.