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• Antonie van Eck, Delfzijl († 2014)

• August Jozef Deruwe (74), Zedelgem
• Bertus BOEL (66)
• Albertus Cornelis Kosters (69)
• Anton Wijnandus IJsselsteijn (48), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Afina Starke (88)
• Arnoldus Marinus Trestorff (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Leopold Vandendries (69), Leuven
• Bernada MEIJERMAN (74), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Terborg
• Bernarda Meijerman (74), Doetinchem
• Anna Ludovica Loomans (78), Berchem, België

• 1983 » Danielle Valore Evans American short story writer
• 1983 » Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
• 1983 » Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 » Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer
• 1983 » Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
• 1983 » Sinan Güler, Turkish basketball player
• 1984 » Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer († 2012)
• 1984 » Steven Webb, English actor
• 1984 » Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress
• 1985 » Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress

• 1974 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
• 1975 » Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
• 1977 » Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1983 » James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
• 1983 » Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)
• 1985 » Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 1985 » Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)

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. Erik
16. Vincent

1. Linda
2. Maria
3. Jessica
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Wendy
7. Esther
8. Laura
9. Johanna
10. Nicole
11. Sarah
12. Maaike
13. Sandra
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 7 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
• March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
• April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• September 7 » An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
• September 26 » The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
• November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.

The temperature on November 8, 1984 was between 6.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.