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• Arnoldus Cornelis Kuijken (83), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Camille Emile Sarrasin (83), Armentieres, Frankrijk
• "Aloïs" Peeters (64), Turnhout
• Anna Sophia Steenhoek (87), Sneek
• Aaltje van den Berg (77), Bergum
• Arie Jacob van Kleef (82), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ridder de (79), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Albert Bijkerk (72)
• Anna Maria de Ridder (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Marie Kolkman (70), Middelburg

• 1984 » Alex Gordon, American baseball player
• 1984 » Greg Bird, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 » Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
• 1985 » Paul Millsap, American basketball player
• 1985 » Selçuk İnan, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Jeff Adrien, American basketball player
• 1986 » Josh Akognon, American basketball player
• 1986 » Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 1986 » Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player

• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Brian Connolly, Scottish musician, lead singer The Sweet (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)
• 2001 » Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (b. 1906)
• 2001 » Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)

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. 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.
• March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• March 4 » The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
• June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 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 February 10, 1985 was between -9.5 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.