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• Berendina Johanna van Hell, Oudewater († 2006)

• Alida Adriana Johanna Jansen (78), Zoetermeer
• Cornelia Buitenhuis (85), Amersfoort
• Bonnechiena Tichelaar (66), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, Nederland
• Corene Effie Visser (67), Freeman, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Maria Saelman (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anny Lammers (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse BLONDIA (103), South-Bend (St Josephs Hospital)
• Antonia Frijters (62), Breda
• Adrianus Johannes Bloem (62), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Agnes Maria Lindner (67), Velp, Rheden, Gld, Nederland

• 1983 » Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver
• 1983 » Farhaan Behardien, South African cricketer
• 1983 » Jang Mi-ran, South Korean weightlifter
• 1983 » Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1985 » David Plummer, American swimmer
• 1986 » Derek Holland, American baseball player
• 1986 » Laure Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1986 » Stephane Zubar, French footballer
• 1987 » Bill Walker, American basketball player
• 1987 » Samantha Murray, English tennis player

• 1975 » Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
• 1976 » Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
• 1982 » Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1903)
• 1987 » William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
• 1989 » Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)

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. Amanda
12. Esther
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 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
• February 19 » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
• March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
• June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
• November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
• November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

The temperature on October 9, 1985 was between 9.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.