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• Antonius Stephanus Gielingh (83), Heteren
• Antonius Klijn (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Dracht (90), Amsterdam
• Age Lammertsma (73), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonius Joseph Reuling (52)
• Anna Johanna Elisabeth Warbout (92), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alfons Hendricus Bernardus Picavet (78), Hulst
• Albert Scheer (81), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augusta de Smet (91), Bellem (B)
• Augusta Peeters (49), Hasselt, België

• 1981 » Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
• 1981 » James Shields, American baseball player
• 1981 » Royal Ivey, American basketball player
• 1982 » David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 » David Wright, American baseball player
• 1982 » Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
• 1982 » Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 » Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer
• 1983 » Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1984 » Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer

• 1981 » Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
• 1991 » Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
• 1991 » Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Simone Beck, French chef and author (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Nazife Güran, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1921)
• 1993 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (b. 1900)

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.
• February 5 » Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
• April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
• June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
• 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.
• December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
• December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

The temperature on December 20, 1985 was between 5.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.