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• Cornelia Eva de Geus (96), Amsterdam
• Angèle Caroline Arthur Meersschaut (63), Gent
• Angeline van den Brink (80), Allegan County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Count Franz of Oppersdorff (66), München, Bayern, Germany
• Cornelia Eva de Geus (96), Amsterdam, Nederland
• * Johanna Pieternella Johanson (87)
• Daniel Floris Elve (75), Terneuzen
• Adrianus Leonardus Lagarde (58), Dreumel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Colin Beverley (Col) ATKINSON (80), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Aaltje Cornelia Collignon (81), Arnhem

• 1983 » James Rossiter, English race car driver
• 1984 » Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress
• 1984 » Florian Mohr, German footballer
• 1986 » Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
• 1987 » Adam Warren, American baseball player
• 1987 » Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 » Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 » Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 » Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 » Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer

• 1977 » Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
• 1984 » Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)

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.
• January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
• May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
• August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
• December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
• December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

The temperature on August 25, 1985 was between 10.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.