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• Boike Teunissen, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland

• Adriaan Pieter Martinus Sannen (88), Utrecht, Nederland
• (2) Anna Groenhart (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arend Marinus Buitenhuis (71), Zwolle {OV}
• Ane Marten de Vries (72)
• Alida Wilhelmina Cornelia Bosman (78), Delft
• Cornelis Nannes (71), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Huizinga (90), Rolde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Kluiver (89), Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Engelbert Zelen (89), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Barbara Maria Lodewijk (85)

• 1983 » Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist
• 1984 » Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer
• 1984 » Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
• 1984 » Karoline Herfurth, German actress
• 1985 » Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
• 1985 » Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Julian Edelman, American football player
• 1986 » Matt Jarvis, English footballer
• 1986 » Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
• 1987 » Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

• 1982 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1988 » Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
• 1990 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Jeroen
4. Michael
5. Peter
6. Thomas
7. Pieter
8. Johannes
9. David
10. Bart
11. Dennis
12. Robert
13. Sander
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.
• March 8 » A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
• June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
• 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.
• December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

The temperature on May 22, 1985 was between 8.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.