About the day » Friday February 22, 1985Calender converter

• Remco van Middelkoop († 2007)
• Niek van der Heijden, Schiedam († 1985)
• Gregoria Antonia Henriette Barmentloo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)

• Cornelis Meijer (79), amsterdam
• Anthony Verdonk (75), Wemeldingen
• Aan Sytzes Nicolai (88), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba van Luijk (81), Nieuw en Sint Joosland
• Catharina Cornelia Vermunt (81), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Catharina Cornelia Vermunt (81), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aan Sytzes Nicolai (88), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Alfons NOEYENS (72), Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan van de Graaf (81)
• Anne Carnot (86), Paris 16e, 75056, France

• 1983 » Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
• 1984 » Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
• 1984 » Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player
• 1985 » Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player
• 1985 » Hameur Bouazza, Algerian international footballer, winger
• 1986 » Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 1987 » Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
• 1987 » Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)

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 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• February 5 » Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
• April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
• May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
• May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• November 23 » Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

The temperature on February 22, 1985 was between 0.7 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.