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• Johanneke Harteveld, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Aaltje Schmeltz (86), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Noorbeek (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bouko Mensinga (83), Aduard
• Adrianus Marinus Lankhuizen (89), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• anna maria hemmerle (82), amsterdam
• Catharina Petronella Kalshoven (79), Amsterdam
• Catharina van der Beek (71), Koggenland
• Alida Konradine Jongewaard (74), Arnhem
• Anna Janse VanHusum (337)
• Alje Antoons (84), -

• 1984 » Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler
• 1984 » Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long distance runner
• 1984 » Jon Cornish, Canadian football player
• 1984 » Nick Folk, American football player
• 1984 » Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 » Alo Dupikov, Estonian footballer
• 1985 » Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Michel Butter, Dutch runner
• 1985 » Pınar Saka, Turkish sprinter
• 1985 » Rimo Hunt, Estonian footballer

• 1979 » Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Louis Alter, American musician (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1924)
• 1985 » Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)

• 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.
• February 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
• 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.
• March 16 » Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

The temperature on November 5, 1985 was between 6.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.