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• Johannes Muller, Zoutkamp, Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Pieter van 't Velt, Hilversum

• Albertus Lanting (88)
• Albertha BORREMANS (90), GERAARDSBERGEN
• Dirk Kleine (76), Abbotsford, Canada
• Anna Maria Heestermans (76), Wuustwezel
• Adriana Petronella van Roozendaal (79), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Vos (79), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dorothea De Lange (87), Dordrecht, Netherlands
• Antonia Johanna Cornelia Rasué (69), Amsterdam
• Annechien Popkes (77), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Witjes (98), Doesburg

• 1982 » Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
• 1982 » Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
• 1983 » Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1984 » Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
• 1984 » Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1985 » David Gallagher, American actor
• 1987 » Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• 1987 » Michael B. Jordan, American actor
• 1987 » Sam Coulson, English guitarist

• 1976 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1981 » M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1994 » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)

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.
• May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
• October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
• November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

The temperature on February 9, 1985 was between -6.6 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.