About the day » Friday April 19, 1985Calender converter

• Thomas Vankerckhoven, Heverlee († 2004)
• Stephan van RIE († 1985)
• *Brooke Erin AINSLIE († 1985)

• Albert Aaron 'Benjamin' Rodriguez Pareira (66)
• Anna Sjaarda (86), Oosterend, gemeente Hennaarderadeel
• Benjamin Huyghe (73), Ieper
• Anna Cornelia Weegink (66), Leidschendam
• Clementine Akkerman (68), Dordrecht
• Bobby Lee Meeks (51), Saginaw, Saginaw, Mi
• Antonius Hendricus Johannes van Kooten (90), Amsterdam
• Anne marie jellema (71), Heemskerk
• Charlie Luther Beck (91), Columbus County, North Carolina
• Anne-Marie Jellema (71), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1983 » Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1984 » Christopher Pearce, English cricketer
• 1985 » David Cavazos, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Jan Zimmermann, German footballer
• 1985 » Sabrina Jalees, Canadian comedian, dancer, actress, presenter, and writer
• 1985 » Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Candace Parker, American basketball player
• 1986 » Gabe Pruitt, American basketball player
• 1986 » Pascal Angan, Beninese footballer
• 1986 » Will Thursfield, English-Australian footballer

• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1993 » David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959)
• 1993 » George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian-German SS officer (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. Esther
12. Amanda
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.
• April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
• October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
• November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
• 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.
• November 23 » Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

The temperature on April 19, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.