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Born on Wednesday August 14, 1985
- Lisette Bianca Johanna Keuker
- David van Duin († 2010)
- Jurrie Grooten († 1985)
- Anke Meulepas, Gemert († 1985)
Died on Wednesday August 14, 1985
- Alice Margaret Mosey (74), Delhi, Ontario, Canada
- Berdella F Hanson (87), Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
- Arie van Driel (79), Zoetermeer, Nederland
- Alice Maria Roegiers (87), Sint-Martens-Latem (B)
- cornelia van HAL (85), barendrecht
- Abraham de Rooij (59), Rotterdam
- Arend Talen (65), Hengelo(o)
- Aleida Johanna LENSINK (85), Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
- Carl Harris (76), Tennessee
- Arend Talen (65), Hengelo
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 14, 1985 at Delpher
Born on August 14
- 1984 » Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
- 1984 » Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player
- 1984 » Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer
- 1984 » Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 » Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host
- 1984 » Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player
- 1984 » Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
- 1985 » Christian Gentner, German footballer
- 1985 » Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 » Cameron Jerome, English footballer
Died on August 14
- 1981 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
- 1981 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
- 1982 » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)
- 1984 » J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)
- 1984 » Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)
- 1985 » Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1988 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (b. 1898)
- 1988 » Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945)
- 1988 » Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
- 1989 » Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
Names that were popular for boys in 1985
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Peter
- John
- David
- Willem
- Thomas
- Robert
- Hendrik
- Mark
- Jeroen
- Maria
- Paul
Names that were popular for girls in 1985
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Linda
- Ann
- Anne
- Catharina
- Kim
- Laura
- Cornelia
- Nicole
- Jessica
- Wilhelmina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1985
- 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.
- 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.
- July 10 » An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
- July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
- August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
- September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- October 3 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
The weather on Wednesday August 14, 1985
The temperature on August 14, 1985 was between 13.5 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI