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• Karin Voets, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2020)
• Femke van der Grind, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland-Nederland
• Rick van Dijk
• Tamara Michelle ATKINS, Texarkana Texas U.S.A († 2010)

• Cornelis Jan van Tuil (85)
• Anthonia van der Scheur (71)
• Alexandre Cerutti (84), Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
• cornelis dol (79), Lutjebroek
• Aafjen Bellinga (83), Groningen
• Bertha Clark (79), Houston, Harris County, Texas, VS
• Cornelis Hoofd (94), Laren
• Antonia Maria Elisabeth van Gestel (70), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Chris van Loon (0), Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel (67), Deurne en Liessel

• 1983 » Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1983 » Brian Vickers, American race car driver
• 1983 » Chris Colabello, American baseball player
• 1983 » Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 » Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 » Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1984 » Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1984 » Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder († 2014)
• 1985 » Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer

• 1975 » İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)
• 1975 » Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (b. 1888)
• 1979 » Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
• 1985 » Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1989 » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
• 1991 » Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)

• 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.
• January 1 » The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
• January 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
• February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
• March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
• April 6 » Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
• April 19 » Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

The temperature on October 24, 1984 was between 9.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.