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• Malcolm Shabazz, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France († 2013)
• Evelien Weijtmans, Berkel Enschot († 2000)
• Rudolf van Schip, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2010)
• Enjoli Valentijn
• Samantha Lynne Kittrell [[K Fb@Pqn]]2, Clovis, New Mexico († 2018)

• Anna Maria Josepha Vanhommerig (78), Kerkrade H
• Catharina Elisabeth Hilligers (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Thijssen (71), Well, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna, Maria, Josepha van Hommerich (78), Kerkrade
• Albert François Driesen (68), Sint-Truiden, België
• Catharina Wegelin (79), Heiloo,Gemeente Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Beck (67), Oss, Nederland
• Betje BLIJKER (94), Haarlem
• Arie Nijgh (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Eijgelsheim (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1982 » Phil Mustard, English cricketer
• 1983 » Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
• 1983 » Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
• 1983 » Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
• 1983 » Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1983 » Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
• 1984 » Domenik Hixon, American football player
• 1985 » Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1985 » Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper

• 1977 » Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
• 1982 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)

• 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 3 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
• June 3 » Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, is launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continues until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
• July 25 » Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
• August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
• October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

The temperature on October 8, 1984 was between 8.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.