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• Antina Everdina Jansdr. Steenhuis (84)
• Beryl Verona Evelyn (82), Barbados
• Agnes May McDowell (92), Pierce, Washington
• Anna VAN SCHAGEN (86), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Ulrich (68), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna de Leeuw (87), Goes,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Haan (80), Vinkeveen (UTR) The Netherlands
• Berta Plonia Woudt van 't (85)
• Dora Thissen (89), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bauke (Bert) Sybrens Ondersma (90), Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1982 » Jason Cram, Australian swimmer
• 1984 » Jurrick Juliana, Dutch footballer
• 1984 » Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
• 1985 » Mati Lember, Estonian footballer
• 1985 » Von Wafer, American basketball player
• 1986 » Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1986 » Jason Thompson, American basketball player
• 1986 » Rebecca Ferguson, American-English singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Bilel Mohsni, French footballer
• 1987 » Jesús Zavala, Mexican footballer

• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
• 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)

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. Marieke

• 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 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• 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 20 » Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
• May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
• September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
• October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.

The temperature on July 21, 1985 was between 10.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.