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• Collin Andreas Hendrico Thuis, Doetinchem
• Beverly Benjamin L. Migares
• Michael Verheijen († 2008)

• Christine Chiles (49), Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
• ANNA OLSDATTER SKREDDERHUSET (89), HEDALEN
• !Katharina\ Catharina Bausch (93), Widdeshoven, Rommerskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Bartholomeus Schuurer * (71)
• Catharina Cornelia Kos (84), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Velde (87), Noordbergum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Afe DE BOER (71), Stiens (Leeuwarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Rockx (83), Etten-Leur
• Charles Alexander Munro (74), Wanganui, Manawatu, New Zealand
• Afke de Boer (71), Stiens

• 1983 » Dante, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 » Esperanza Spalding, American singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1984 » Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
• 1984 » Lindsey Vonn, American skier
• 1984 » Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker
• 1984 » Robert Harting, German discus thrower
• 1985 » Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player
• 1986 » Wilma Elles, German actress and fashion designer
• 1987 » Zac Efron, American actor and singer

• 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
• 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 1982 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)

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 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
• May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
• September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
• October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
• December 14 » Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

The temperature on October 18, 1985 was between 8.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.