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• Johanna Antonia Petronella Bennebroek, Bergen op Zoom († 2005)
• Jason Adam Bonnema († 2017)
• Jacky Pieter Carolus Adrianus Kerremans, Lage Zwaluwe († 2005)

• Anna Catharina Boszhard (80), Ilpendam
• Bernardus Johannes Ross (65), Babberich, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Élisabeth FREYSS (85), Brumath,67170,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
• Albert Johannes Arends (66)
• (85), Boom
• Bernardus Johannes Ross (65), Babberich, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Hubert Schmetz (70), Terwinselen, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna (Annie May) Veenstra (Venstra) (80), Ogden, Weber, Utah
• Anthonius Wilhelmus de Bot (80), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Samuel Lay (88), Pratt, Pratt, Kansas, United States of America

• 1982 » Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 1984 » Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 1984 » Drew Brown, American musician and songwriter
• 1985 » Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1986 » Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 » Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
• 1987 » Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 » Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1988 » Katherine Copely, American ice dancer

• 1979 » Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 » Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
• 1987 » Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)
• 1989 » Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1990 » Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)

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.
• May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
• August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
• August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
• October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
• 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 January 9, 1985 was between -8.5 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.