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• Antonia Cornelia Verhappen (79), Weert
• Agatha Kloek (86), Doetinchem
• Antonius Johannes Ruijgrok (71), Naaldwijk
• Antonius Johannes Ruijgrok (71)
• Elisabeth van Mourik (81), Tiel
• Dorothy MacMillan (85), Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Nielsen (61), Esbjerg,DK
• Aage Meinesz (43), Den Haag
• Aagje Adrijette Meester (86), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kolfschoten (77), Utrecht

• 1982 » Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
• 1983 » Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign
• 1984 » Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
• 1984 » Pat Murray, American football player
• 1985 » Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier
• 1985 » Kerron Clement, American hurdler and sprinter
• 1986 » Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver
• 1986 » Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer
• 1987 » Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver
• 1987 » Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1988 » John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Michael
5. Peter
6. Thomas
7. Pieter
8. Johannes
9. David
10. Bart
11. Dennis
12. Sander
13. Robert
14. Kevin
15. Paul
16. Tim

1. Maria
2. Linda
3. Kim
4. Laura
5. Jessica
6. Johanna
7. Anna
8. Stephanie
9. Charlotte
10. Sarah
11. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Judith
14. Anne
15. Nicole
16. Saskia

• 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 14.5 million citizens.
• January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
• March 4 » The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
• March 16 » Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
• September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
• November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
• November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

The temperature on October 31, 1985 was between 2.1 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.