About the day » Sunday April 14, 1985Calender converter

• Rutger Theodorus Johannes Janssen, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Stefan Hoogerheide, Den Burg († 1996)

• Arie Ruizendaal (81), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Recourt (85), Harmelen (Woerden), Utrecht, Nederland
• Berend Benjamins (86), Vriezenveen
• Anna Gertrud Hubertina Ribbens (65), Amsterdam
• Arie van der Padt (87), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Centinus Krijgsman (74), Heerlen, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Aart van Roekel (66), Apeldoorn
• Amelie Adams (88), Tremelo (B), België
• Alida Maria Karsten (70), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina van het Schip (67), Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1983 » James McFadden, Scottish footballer
• 1983 » Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper
• 1984 » Adán Sánchez, American-Mexican musician († 2004)
• 1984 » Blake Costanzo, American football player
• 1984 » Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
• 1984 » Harumafuji Kōhei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna
• 1984 » Tyler Thigpen, American football player
• 1985 » Grant Clitsome, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Goran Gogić, Serbian footballer († 2015)
• 1986 » Matt Derbyshire, English footballer

• 1976 » José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
• 1978 » F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
• 1986 » Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Olabisi Onabanjo, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ogun State (b. 1927)
• 1990 » Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)
• 1992 » Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (b. 1898)
• 1994 » Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (b. 1897)

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.
• March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
• May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

The temperature on April 14, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.