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• Stefanie Henrica Cornelia Tweehuijsen, Maastricht († 1984)
• Carlos Fabricio Ventura Castro, São Paulo, Brasil († 1987)
• Rian Waaijer, Waddinxveen
• Tabatha LaJune Churchill <K FgmcBrnyvllOKBu>4, Huntington Park, Los Angeles County, California († 2000)
• Claudia Tuitman, Rotterdam

• Antoinetta Klerkx (82), Eindhoven
• Anna Pieters Hoving (86), Leeuwarden
• Anna Marie Jeanne STULENS (73), Luik (Luik) (B)
• Arie Hoogenraad (82)
• Catharina Agnes Spigt (92), Driehuis,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Eduardes Maria Bierings (29), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Alois Lodewijk Beckers (68), Heerlen
• Albertus BECKS (74), Arnhem (NL/GE)
• Berendina Hendrika van Dieren (80)
• Alice Lilian Wyatt (77), Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

• 1981 » Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
• 1982 » Joleon Lescott, English footballer
• 1983 » Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 » Candice Dupree, American basketball player
• 1984 » Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
• 1984 » Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1985 » Cristin Milioti, American actress
• 1986 » Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 » Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)

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 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.
• June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
• July 28 » Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
• September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
• September 12 » Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
• October 19 » A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.

The temperature on August 16, 1984 was between 10.9 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.