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• N(Nick) Karssen, Almelo († 2017)
• Angela Houghton, Wigan, Lancashire, England († 1983)

• Aafje Smit (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie (Antoon) Rempe (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Martinus Oosterveld (76)
• Antonius Martinus Sanders (77), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha Jacoba Leijten (58), Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Anna Jacobs van der Plas (87), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dorvalino de Paula (82), Curitiba Paraná Brasil
• Bayard Aloysius Hoopes (87), Hockessin, New Castle, Delaware, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus (Aad) Pont (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Houghton (0), Wigan, Lancashire, England

• 1982 » Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 » Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
• 1982 » Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1982 » Shaun Barker, English footballer
• 1983 » Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
• 1983 » Joey Devine, American baseball player
• 1984 » Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
• 1984 » Danny Valencia, American baseball player
• 1984 » Eva Marie, American wrestler
• 1984 » Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor

• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 » Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 » Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 » Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
• 1990 » Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
• 1995 » Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)

• 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.
• May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
• July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
• August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
• September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

The temperature on September 19, 1983 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.