About the day » Monday January 23, 1984Calender converter

• Melvin van HEEL, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Tiago Mesquita Bezerra e Silva, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2010)

• Anna Minke Teffer (94), Olympia, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anthony J. DAMHOF (70), Willmar Kandiyohi County Minnesota U.S.A
• Arend Oelen (76)
• Arie Heens (66), Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartha Dorothea Van Haecht (80), Zaventem, Provincie Brabant, België
• Adriana Jacoba Plooij (72), Rotterdam
• Aaltje (Jans) van der Bij (60), De Harkema, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Betlem (92), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernhard Geiger (43), Neurhede
• * Gijsbert Pieter Satter (51)

• 1982 » Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 » Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
• 1984 » Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
• 1984 » Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner
• 1985 » Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
• 1985 » Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress
• 1985 » Jeff Samardzija, American baseball player
• 1985 » San E, South Korean rapper
• 1985 » Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter

• 1978 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
• 1981 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (b.1905)
• 1986 » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
• 1988 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1989 » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
• 1989 » Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)

1. Mark
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Peter
5. Michael
6. Martijn
7. Wouter
8. Johannes
9. Robert
10. Pieter
11. David
12. Hendrik
13. Bart
14. Thomas
15. Vincent
16. Erik

1. Linda
2. Maria
3. Jessica
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Wendy
7. Esther
8. Laura
9. Johanna
10. Nicole
11. Sarah
12. Sandra
13. Maaike
14. Suzanne
15. Jennifer
16. Bianca

• 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 14.4 million citizens.
• February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
• July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
• September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
• September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
• December 19 » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.

The temperature on January 23, 1984 was between -8.8 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain during 11.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.