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• Jettie Lensen, Onbekend
• Elga Zonneveld, Heerhugowaard († 2012)

• Arke Cornelia Agatha van Oort (5), Gameren
• André Melotte (46), Hasselt, Limburg, België
• arend SCHILPEROORD (81), oud-beijerland
• Anna Maria Thomas (83), Hasselt
• Antonius Hendrikus Straetemans (90), Rotterdam
• Aaltje ( Olive) Zeeman (88), Ogden Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Theodora Agatha Beentjes (80), Santpoort
• Aaltje Hamminga (89), Haren
• Adriaan Jongman (79), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland
• Anna Theodora Beentjes (80), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1983 » Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
• 1984 » Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
• 1984 » Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1984 » Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
• 1985 » Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
• 1986 » Martell Webster, American basketball player
• 1987 » Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper

• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
• 1993 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)

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. Anne
15. Nicole
16. Jennifer

• 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.
• January 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
• January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
• August 12 » Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
• October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
• November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.

The temperature on December 4, 1985 was between 10.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.