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• Jannetje Nentjes († 1987)
• Tom Waterschoot († 2008)
• Saskia Nijp, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Jannie Nentjes († 1987)
• Bart Hoekstra, Ijlst, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• marion wieman
• Alice Zwierina van Rijswijk († 1984)

• Cassamira Anne GIBSON (84), Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
• Christianus Josephus Ammerlaan (68)
• * Hendrika van Winkel (88), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Carmen Franco Duarte, Bogotá,Colombia
• Coburn Westly Williams ** (82), Waite, Washington, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Bouwens (54), Bilthoven
• Adrianus Willemse (77), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelius Michael Adrianus Paijmans (63), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Knolmuller (59), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Elzinga (69), -

• 1982 » Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 » Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor
• 1983 » Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
• 1984 » Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player
• 1984 » Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
• 1985 » Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1985 » Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 » Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
• 1986 » Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
• 1986 » Wout Brama, Dutch footballer

• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1989 » Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)
• 1993 » Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (b. 1938)

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.
• January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
• April 19 » Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
• September 7 » An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
• October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
• November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
• December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.

The temperature on August 21, 1984 was between 15.2 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.