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This article lists some of the events from
1982
related to the
Netherlands
.
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- 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
to stop the American ammunition transport from the
Eemshaven
to
Germany
. Demonstrators chain themselves to the train and the tracks. Police clear the section after which the train arrives at the
main station
in
Groningen
. 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
IKON
TV-crew with Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Joop Willemse and Hans Terlaag are ambushed and killed in
El Salvador
. They were trying to interview
FMLN
rebels because of the upcoming
election
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
ice hockey
for B-Countries in
Austria
and relegate to the C-Division.
- April 8: The
Floriade 1982
is held in
Amsterdam
.
- April 16:
VVD
leader
Hans Wiegel
accepts the position of
Queens Commissioner
in the province of
Friesland
.
Ed Nijpels
is elected as the next VVD Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
.
- April 24/25:
Table tennis
player
Bettine Vriesekoop
wins the women's single and mixed doubles at the European championships in
Budapest
. 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
.
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
Guayaquil
,
Ecuador
.
- June 2:
Rudi Koopmans
successfully defends his European light heavyweight boxing title in
Italy
against challenger Christiano Cavina.
- June 13: The
Netherlands men's national field hockey team
win the
Hockey Champions Trophy
for a second time in
Amstelveen
- June 13: The
Netherlands women's national rugby union team
play their first official international match against
France
, 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
Ecuador
.
- 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
, who is suffering from severe depressions is admitted to a psychiatric clinic in
Basel
. He would reappear in public in September 1983. Surprisingly this all improved his popularity amongst the Dutch people.
- October 11: In
Amsterdam
severe riots break out after the Lucky Luyk is cleared.
- October 20: A
disaster
takes place at the
Luzhniki Stadium
during the soccer match
Spartak Moscow
vs
HFC Haarlem
. At least 66 people die in the crowd jam when a goal is scored in the final stages of the match.
- November 4:
Ruud Lubbers
becomes
Prime Minister of the Netherlands
.
- 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
.
- 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
guilders
in ransom .
- December 3: Jannes van der Wal becomes world champion
checkers
in
Sao Paulo
. Rob Clerc and Harm Wiersma become 2nd and 3rd. There were no
Russians
active due to visa issues.
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