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• Hilbert Hendrikus de Vries, Heerenveen
• Jeremy Michael Helle, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa († 1983)

• Anna Mae McGartland (74)
• Derk Aalbert van den Berg (82), Harderwijk
• Anna Lee Duke (94), Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States
• Christina van Summeren (67)
• Bernhard Lammers (54), Meppen Emsland
• Antje KWAKMAN (65), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Asbreuk (76), Delden
• Adrianus Raaijmakers (91), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje Glashouwer (85)
• Dieuwke Kappenburg (87), Christchurch N-zealand, New Zealand

• 1980 » Chris Simms, American football player
• 1980 » David West, American basketball player
• 1981 » Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist
• 1981 » Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor and producer
• 1982 » Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
• 1982 » Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host († 2013)
• 1982 » Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 » Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1986 » Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
• 1986 » Lea Michele, American actress and singer

• 1977 » Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 1977 » Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1979 » Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (b. 1909)

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 8 » The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
• February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
• July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
• September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
• December 19 » The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The temperature on August 29, 1983 was between 12.3 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.