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• Samantha Jo Kasemeier, New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa († 2013)

• Andries Los (87), Zwijndrecht
• Clasina Maria van Falier (100), Vlijmen
• Arie Rond (82), Schoonhoven
• Denis Gerard Christine Geens (50), Leuven, Provincie Brabant, België
• Cornelia van Laarhoven (85), Moergestel
• Emiel Meersman (78), Temse
• Catharina Thehu (78), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Dirk de De Groot (72), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Dierks (97), Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Arendina Massier (77), Harderwijk,, Nederland

• 1982 » Brandon Jacobs, American football player
• 1982 » Misty Upham, American actress († 2014)
• 1983 » Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1984 » Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1985 » Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor
• 1986 » David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1987 » Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• 1987 » Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1987 » Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 » Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1976 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1976 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• 1977 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1978 » Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 1986 » Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
• 1989 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
• 1992 » Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
• 1994 » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)

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. 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 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
• September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
• October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
• 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 July 6, 1985 was between 9.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.