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• Klazina Noot
• Bianca Vermeeren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Job Leppers († 2006)

• Alle Gosses Welling (80), Opsterland,Friesland,Niederlande,Siegerswoude
• Baukje Koopmans (79), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Christina van Schoot (74), Bolsward
• Alida Top (86), Doorn
• Andries Ribbers (68), Malden (Gelderland)
• Albert Hilberink (80), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Driessen (91), Venraij
• Cecil Frank Canter (69), Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Simonsd Zwaan (81), EaZ
• Catharina Teljeur (90), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1982 » Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 » Ruchi Sanghvi, Indian computer engineer
• 1983 » Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1983 » Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
• 1984 » Malek Jaziri, Tunisian tennis player
• 1985 » Marina Inoue, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1985 » Tanel Sokk, Estonian basketball player
• 1987 » Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter
• 1987 » Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer († 2011)
• 1988 » Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer

• 1977 » Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)
• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1989 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)

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 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
• March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• May 5 » Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
• May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
• October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.

The temperature on January 20, 1985 was between -8.2 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.