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• Anton Eric Jordaan, Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika († 2016)

• Albertus van Tintelen (86)
• Anna Catharina Moors (71), Waterschei, 3600, Genk, België
• Adriana van Burg (40), Raamsdonk
• Catharina Willems (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Grommel (91), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus van Tintelen (86)
• Anthonius Johannes van Eijk (79), Geldrop
• Albertus Vis (55), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Berendina Haas (81)
• Alma Teresia Karlsson (86), Skene kbfd (P) Skene kyrka

• 1981 » Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russian runner
• 1983 » Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player
• 1983 » Luke Kibet, Kenyan runner
• 1984 » Aleksey Dmitrik, Russian high jumper
• 1985 » Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
• 1985 » Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
• 1986 » Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Brad Brach, American baseball pitcher
• 1986 » Jonathan Pitroipa, Burkinabé footballer
• 1986 » Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player

• 1980 » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1983 » Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Alan Paton, South African historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 1989 » Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)

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 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).
• July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
• August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
• September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
• September 18 » Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
• December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

The temperature on April 12, 1984 was between 0.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.