About the day » Tuesday October 1, 1985Calender converter

• Thomas Johannes Maria Vogels, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Peter Veerman († 2001)

• Anthony Richard Valstar (12)
• Berendje Groeneveld (78), Kloosterburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adiana Alida van Esch (51), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Kater (74), Den Helder
• adriana cornelia verwijmeren (87), etten-Leur
• Anne Veenstra (59)
• Angela Gilberta SEGERS (73), Puurs,2870,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Bernardus Antonius Giling (67), Amersfoort
• Dries Rook (70), Amsterdam (N.H.)
• Cynthia Osborn (60)

• 1982 » Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1983 » Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1983 » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer († 2006)
• 1984 » Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• 1984 » Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1985 » Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1986 » Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 » Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 » Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player

• 1974 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 » Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)

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.
• May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
• May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
• November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
• November 23 » Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

The temperature on October 1, 1985 was between 12.1 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.