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• Pieter de Veer, Zevenaar
• Bram Albert Karel Eric Mouthaan, Tilburg († 1994)
• Harm Theodoricus Klimp, Delfzijl († 1985)

• Cornelius Adrianus Maria van Beurden (59), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Annie Heijndijk (63), Zutphen Gld
• David Sinton Ingalls (86), Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
• Christiaan Cloudt (82), Heythuysen (verz.tehuis Beek en Bos)
• Count Friedrich-Franz of Ballestrem (78)
• Edward N. Stein (86)
• Bintje Douwes WIJNALDA (87), Opende (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Theodora Welter (88), Haarlem
• Bintje Wijnalda (87), Opende (Grootegast), Groningen, Nederland
• Annie Heijndijk (63), Zutphen, Nederland

• 1982 » Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
• 1983 » Jessica Lynch, American soldier
• 1983 » José María López, Argentinian racing driver
• 1985 » Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
• 1985 » John Isner, American tennis player
• 1986 » Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
• 1986 » Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
• 1987 » Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer

• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
• 1987 » John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
• 1991 » Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)

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.
• February 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
• May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
• May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

The temperature on April 26, 1985 was between -0.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.