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• Bartje Giesberts († 1988)
• Renske Bagerman, Oosterhout, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Cornelis Verhage (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anadir Ribeiro de Camargo (87), Atibaia, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albert W. Cecere, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
• Clarice Mina Block (50)
• Cornelis Johannis Grandia (57), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Anna Cornelia Aarts (71), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egbert Hendrik Eenkhoorn (78), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Dirk Theodorus Krommenhoek (66), Huizen, Nederland
• Antoinette Johanna Adriana Dijkshoorn (72), Paunat, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France
• Agnes Stuart Ayton (79), Durban, Zuid-Afrika

• 1981 » Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
• 1982 » Natasha Hamilton, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1982 » Omari Banks, Anguillan cricketer
• 1983 » Adam Lind, American baseball player
• 1983 » Ryan Guettler, Australian motocross racer
• 1985 » Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 » Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
• 1985 » Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 » DeAngelo Smith, American football player
• 1986 » Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler

• 1974 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
• 1975 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
• 1980 » Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
• 1995 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
• 1996 » Victims of TWA Flight 800

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.
• January 7 » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
• February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
• August 4 » The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
• September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.

The temperature on July 17, 1984 was between 11.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.