This article lists some of the events from

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

related to the

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Incumbents

*Monarch:

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*Prime Minister:

Dries van Agt Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (; born 2 February 1931) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of t ...

until November 4, after November 4

Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...

Events

* January 1: The military women departments MARVA, Luva and Milva are disbanded * January 18: The protest group 'Stop the ammo train' blocks the rail at

Roodeschool Roodeschool (Gronings: ''Roschoul'') is a community situated in the northeast of Groningen province in the Netherlands and forming part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017. Roodeschool's railway ...

to stop the American ammunition transport from the

Eemshaven Eemshaven (; en, Ems Harbor) is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary ( Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the regi ...

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. Demonstrators chain themselves to the train and the tracks. Police clear the section after which the train arrives at the main station in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of t ...

. Where an altercation erupts between the police's mobile unit and hundreds of protesters. Many delays were caused the following day by similar protest actions. * March 17: An

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TV-crew with Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Joop Willemse and Hans Terlaag are ambushed and killed in

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. They were trying to interview FMLN rebels because of the upcoming

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that will be held on March 28. * March 27: The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team end 8th and last during the world championship

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for B-Countries in

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and relegate to the C-Division. * April 8: The

Floriade 1982 Floriade 1982 was a garden festival held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The second Amsterdam Floriade was recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and held from April 8 to October 10, 1982. It was the 9th edition of the internat ...

is held in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

. * April 16: VVD leader

Hans Wiegel Hans Wiegel (; born 16 July 1941) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson. Wiegel studied Law at the University of Amsterdam before switching to Political science obtaining a Bachelo ...

accepts the position of Queens Commissioner in the province of

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

Ed Nijpels Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria Nijpels (born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and nonprofit director. Nijpels studied Civil law at the Utrecht University obtaining a Master of Studies ...

is elected as the next VVD Parliamentary leader in the

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. * April 24/25:

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player Bettine Vriesekoop wins the women's single and mixed doubles at the European championships in

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. Besides those two titles she also became 2nd in women's doubles in that tournament. * May 13: The cabinet-Van Agt II falls, after Labour ministers keep disagreeing on the cuts for

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

. CDA and D66 enter an interim-cabinet Van Agt until the new elections that will be held on September 8, 1982. * May 30: Billiards player Rini van Bracht wins the world title three-cushion in

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. * June 2: Rudi Koopmans successfully defends his European light heavyweight boxing title in

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against challenger Christiano Cavina. * June 13: The Netherlands men's national field hockey team win the

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for a second time in

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villag ...

* June 13: The

Netherlands women's national rugby union team The Netherlands women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Netherlands, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1982. History The Netherlands' women's national rugby union team hosted the first ever wo ...

play their first official international match against

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, who would win with 4–0. * August 5: Annemarie Verstappen wins the 200 free stroke and ends 2nd on the 100 meter free stroke at the world championship swimming in

. * September 8: Dutch general election, 1982 * September 24: While proceedings are still ongoing people start with chopping down 475 centuries old trees in Amelisweerd forest for the construction of the A27 road by assignment of minister Zeevalking. * October 1:

Prince Claus Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg; 6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002) was Prince consort of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until his death in 2002 as the husband ...

, who is suffering from severe depressions is admitted to a psychiatric clinic in

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. He would reappear in public in September 1983. Surprisingly this all improved his popularity amongst the Dutch people. * October 11: In

severe riots break out after the Lucky Luyk is cleared. * October 20: A

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takes place at the

Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the ...

during the soccer match Spartak Moscow vs

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982� ...

. At least 66 people die in the crowd jam when a goal is scored in the final stages of the match. * November 4:

becomes

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. * November 15: European light heavyweight boxing champion Rudi Koopmans successfully defends his title against compatriot Alex Blanchard, who loses on a TKO in the Ahoy arena in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the Prov ...

. * November 26: Toos van der Valk, wife of Gerrit van der Valk CEO of hospitality chain Van der Valk, is abducted from her house in Nuland by 3 Italian criminals. She was released after 3 weeks after paying 12 to 13 million

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in ransom . * December 3: Jannes van der Wal becomes world champion

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. Rob Clerc and Harm Wiersma become 2nd and 3rd. There were no

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active due to visa issues.

Births

*14 September – Jan Valize, politician *10 October –

Jason Oost Jason Oost (born 10 October 1982) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in The Hague, Oost started his career with Feyenoord's youth teams. He signed his first professional contract with RKC Waalwi ...

, footballer

Sport

* 1981–82 Eredivisie * 1981–82 Eerste Divisie *

1981–82 KNVB Cup The 64th edition of the KNVB Cup started on September 5, 1981. The two legs of the final were played on May 12 and 18, 1982: AZ from Alkmaar (at the time called AZ'67) beat FC Utrecht 5–2 on aggregate and won the cup for the third time. From t ...

* 1982 Amstel Gold Race {{Commons category, 1982 in the Netherlands 1980s in the Netherlands