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• NN Pul, Nunspeet († 1985)
• Giovana dos Santos, Presidente Prudente-SP, Brazil
• W.A.J. van Dijk, Rotterdam
• Raimon Schuttinga, Hellevoetsluis, Neth
• Daniëlle Timmers, Den Helder († 2006)

• Anna Margaretha VAN BEVEREN (88), Den Haag (NL/ZH)
• Conrada Ada Maria Mell (67)
• Alice Pattyn (79), Roeselare
• Clara Johanna Maria Lorang (78), Den Haag
• Antonia Maria Hol (71)
• Christina Theodora Jansen (88), Sassenheim
• Albertus Knol (81), Loozen
• Arne Tjepkema (40), Zuidbroek
• Albert Constant Plovier (93), Brugge, West Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Anthonie Johannes van Cuijlenburg (72)

• 1983 » Camilla Luddington, English actress
• 1983 » Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player
• 1983 » René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1983 » Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1984 » Martyn Bernard, English high jumper
• 1985 » Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » Iveta Mazáčová, Czech sprinter
• 1986 » Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer
• 1986 » Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1986 » Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model

• 1971 » Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1977 » Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer
• 1989 » Edward Underdown, English actor and jockey (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915)
• 1993 » William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (b. 1925)

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.
• June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
• August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
• September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
• December 16 » Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.

The temperature on December 15, 1985 was between 9.8 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.