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• Berendina Tjabbes (61)
• Antonia Cornelia Verhappen (79), Weert
• Aage Meinesz (43), 's Gravenhage
• Antonius Henrikus Johannes Luttikholt (52), Beltrum,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Vermeer (96), Tilburg
• Albertus Kolfschoten (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dorothea Elisabeth Carton (78)
• Bauke de Boer (68), -
• Aage Meinesz (43), Den Haag
• Agatha Kloek (86), Doetinchem

• 1982 » Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
• 1983 » Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign
• 1984 » Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
• 1984 » Pat Murray, American football player
• 1985 » Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier
• 1985 » Kerron Clement, American hurdler and sprinter
• 1986 » Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver
• 1986 » Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer
• 1987 » Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver
• 1987 » Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1988 » John Houseman, Romanian-born American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

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 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
• 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.
• May 13 » Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
• August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
• November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.

The temperature on October 31, 1985 was between 2.1 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °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 south-southeast.