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• Gerhardus Hermannus Veltrop, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• Augustine Brule (78), Central Falls, Providence Co. (Rhode Island, U.S.A)
• Abel Iwema Bakker (85), Haren
• Anne Groot (81), Zwaag, North Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Groot (81), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus JANSEN (76), dordrecht
• Abraham van der Waals (75), Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Alfredo Landim (76), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
• Anna Cornelia Antonia de Bruijn (76), Haarlem( Boerhave),Noord Holland,Nederland
• Anne Groot (81), Zwaag
• Abel Iwema Bakker (85), Haren

• 1982 » Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
• 1985 » Chanel Preston, American porn actress and director
• 1985 » Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1985 » John Coughlin, American figure skater († 2019)
• 1986 » DeSean Jackson, American football player
• 1987 » Brett Williams, English footballer
• 1987 » Simon Dawkins, English footballer
• 1987 » Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
• 1987 » Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter

• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
• 1988 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
• 1991 » George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1991 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (b. 1906)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Michael
5. Peter
6. Thomas
7. Pieter
8. Johannes
9. David
10. Bart
11. Dennis
12. Robert
13. Sander
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 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
• September 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
• November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
• December 14 » Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
• December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

The temperature on December 1, 1985 was between 2.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.