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• Bart Breeuwer, Dirksland
• Joshua Robert James WATT, Hastings, New Zealand († 1999)

• Antoni van de Vlekkert (71), Twello, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Brood * (77), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus Joannes Franciscus Van Alsenoy (93), Ekeren, Antwerpen
• Adrianus van NIJNATTEN (87), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Boone (76), Arnemuiden, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus Cornelis Havermans (72), Oosterhout
• Amedée Lameire (78), Poelkapelle
• Cornelis Marinus van den Berg (63), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Jenneke van Vulpen (50)
• Alice Whitehead (52), Peace River, Alberta, Canada

• 1984 » Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
• 1984 » Jeffrey Hoogervorst, Dutch footballer
• 1984 » Meghan McCain, American journalist and author
• 1984 » Simone Masini, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Chris Neal, English footballer
• 1985 » Luca Spinetti, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
• 1985 » Miguel, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1985 » Mohammed Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
• 1985 » Panagiotis Vouis, Greek footballer

• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1990 » Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)
• 1994 » Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

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. 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 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• 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.
• March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
• April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
• September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
• November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

The temperature on October 23, 1985 was between 4.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.