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• Cristian Martin Fredriksz, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Michèlle Paulina Marcella Colbers, Venlo († 1985)
• Marc Desar, Gemert († 2001)

• Auktje Dijkstra (76)
• Albert Knegt (89), Noordschechut, Drenthe, Nederland
• Auktje Dijkstra (76), -
• Bertha Linde (67), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Hendriks (75), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Jan Bijkerk (69), Enschede
• Andries Meijerink (62)
• Brooksie Marion Anglin (94), West Point, Troup, Georgia, United States
• Christina Johanna Erp van (86), Epe, Gld, Nederland
• Alida Lagerweij (55), Zoetermeer

• 1983 » Kenny Omega, Canadian wrestler
• 1983 » Philipp Kohlschreiber, German tennis player
• 1984 » François Pervis, French track cyclist
• 1984 » Rachel Reilly, American talk show host and actress
• 1985 » Casey Stoner, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1985 » Jay Beagle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Peter Wallace, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » Verena Sailer, German sprinter
• 1986 » Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer
• 1986 » Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer

• 1981 » Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
• 1983 » Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1989 » Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)

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. Esther
12. Amanda
13. Judith
14. Anne
15. Nicole
16. Jennifer

• 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 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.
• 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 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
• June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
• July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.

The temperature on October 16, 1985 was between 11.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.