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• Cody Lee Hyronemus († 1985)
• Merel Felicia van der Veldt, Boxtel
• Fritzner Maarten Edward Visser, Port au Prince († 2016)
• danielle truijen, helden-beringe
• Gerben Ericson Burgmans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Shabaka Richters, Rotterdam, Nederland

• Arnold Ransford Higgins (90), Portland, Cumberland, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Albert (Ab) Nijland (68), Nieuw-Amsterdam
• Alma Elsie Percy (72), Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel (80), Maarn, Nederland
• Alma Priscilla Cooper (85), Fentress County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van 't Hoff (84), Peize
• Adriana Verhagen (76), Oss
• Adriana Snijder, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alma Donnelli (90), St. Louis, Missouri
• André Machiel van der Wal (72)

• 1983 » Bruno Senna, Brazilian race car driver
• 1984 » Izale McLeod, English footballer
• 1984 » Jessie Ware, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 » Johan Voskamp, Dutch footballer
• 1985 » Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
• 1985 » Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
• 1985 » Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 » Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
• 1986 » Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1986 » Nolito, Spanish footballer

• 1978 » W. Eugene Smith, American photojournalist (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)
• 1989 » Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)

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 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• October 3 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
• October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• 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 October 15, 1985 was between 12.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.