About the day » Saturday August 6, 1983Calender converter

• Andrew Bates Jr (63), Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Bastiaan Adrianus Bol (72), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia van Veen (89), Gameren (GL)
• Antonia Peters (59), Heerlen
• Anna Louise OUDEJANS (59), Castricum
• Catharina Maria van Beuningen (93), Afferden (gemeente Druten)
• Arturo Alvarado (26), Lubbock, Texas
• Bernardus Petrus Joannes van Lieshout (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana Maria Dielemans (70), Etten-Leur
• Franciscus Hendrik Verpoorten (85), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• 1981 » Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
• 1983 » C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 1983 » Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
• 1983 » Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• 1984 » Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player

• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
• 1985 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)

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 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
• April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
• 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.
• July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.

The temperature on August 6, 1983 was between 13.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.