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March 10, 1985Died on Monday March 11, 1985
- Catharina van den Haak (83), Haarlem
- Bontje Derks Iwema (90)
- Catharina van den Haak (83), Haarlem, Nederland
- Clarence SLACHTER (76), Kent City Kent County Michigan U.S.A
- Antonia Catharina Kluyt (80), Amsterdam
- Clasina van der Schagt (72), Brisbane, Australië
- Barend Mulder (82), Santpoort
- Abraham Gerhard Aldenkamp (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Anne Maria Van Tricht (75), Bornem
- Barend Jongsma (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 11, 1985 at Delpher
Born on March 11
- 1985 » Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1985 » Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist
- 1985 » Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer
- 1985 » Derek Schouman, American football player
- 1985 » Hakuhō Shō, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 69th Yokozuna
- 1985 » Luis Hernández, Mexican figure skater
- 1985 » Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer
- 1985 » Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 » Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer
- 1986 » Dario Cologna, Swiss skier
Died on March 11
- 1978 » Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1939)
- 1980 » Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902)
- 1982 » Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b. 1926)
- 1982 » Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (b. 1898)
- 1983 » Will Glickman, American playwright (b. 1910)
- 1984 » Kostas Roukounas, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1903)
- 1986 » Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1911)
- 1989 » James Kee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
- 1989 » John J. McCloy, American lawyer and banker (b. 1895)
- 1992 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
Names that were popular for boys in 1985
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Peter
- John
- David
- Willem
- Thomas
- Robert
- Hendrik
- Mark
- Jeroen
- Maria
- Paul
Names that were popular for girls in 1985
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Linda
- Ann
- Anne
- Catharina
- Kim
- Laura
- Cornelia
- Nicole
- Jessica
- Wilhelmina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1985
- 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.
- August 22 » British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
- August 27 » The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
- October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
- November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
- December 14 » Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
The weather on Monday March 11, 1985
The temperature on March 11, 1985 was between 2.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI