About the day » Monday October 7, 1985Calender converter

• Erica Niezink, Hardenberg († 1989)
• Aldert Geert Poortema, IJlst († 2008)
• Wilfred George Lord, Mildura, South Australia
• Jeremy Robert Gentry, Verenigde Statn († 2009)

• Barbara Ann Fithian (48), Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Adriana KEET (76)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Maria Böke (95), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Adriana Keet (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bonte Rein Reins Minnema (66), Appin, Ontario
• Barend Boerlage (78), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Jan Termeer (59), Tiel (GL)
• Aagje Kwak (53)
• Christiaan Willem van Meer (75), Etten-Leur
• Bonte Reins (Bonifatius) Minnema (66), Canada

• 1984 » Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
• 1984 » Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
• 1984 » Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 » Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
• 1985 » Evan Longoria, American baseball player
• 1986 » Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 » Bree Olson, American actress, model, and former porn actress
• 1986 » Chase Daniel, American football player
• 1986 » Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
• 1986 » Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

• 1983 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
• 1990 » Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (b.1971)
• 1991 » Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
• 1992 » Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
• 1993 » Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)

• 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 19 » Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
• July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
• July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
• September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
• November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

The temperature on October 7, 1985 was between 12.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.