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• Remco van Middelkoop († 2007)
• Gregoria Antonia Henriette Barmentloo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Niek van der Heijden, Schiedam († 1985)

• Adrianus Glas (77), Lisserbroek
• Catharina Cornelia Vermunt (81), Roosendaal
• Bernardus Geurt van den Berg (67)
• Adrianus Carolus van Loon (79), Tilburg
• Adrian Edward Leslie GODFREY (36)
• Aan Sytzes Nicolai (88), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina Vermunt (81), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Verdonk (75), Wemeldinge, Nederland
• Barbara Gay Pocock (48), Skagit Vly. Hosp., Mt. Vernon, Skagit Co., WA
• Cornelis Meijer (79), amsterdam

• 1983 » Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• 1984 » Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
• 1984 » Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player
• 1985 » Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player
• 1985 » Hameur Bouazza, Algerian international footballer, winger
• 1986 » Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 1987 » Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
• 1987 » Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (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. 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. Nicole
15. Anne
16. Jennifer

• 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 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
• February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
• May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
• July 10 » An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
• 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 February 22, 1985 was between 0.7 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.