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Born on Friday February 8, 1985
- Jos Velderman, Apeldoorn
- Ellen Frans († 2025)
- Simon Anthony CROWE, Heyward, Victoria, Australia († 1985)
- Fábio Rodrigues Junckes, Brasil († 1998)
- Nienke Timmers, Leiden
- Patrick van Oosten († 1999)
- Adam Pierre Subritzky († 1985)
Died on Friday February 8, 1985
- Adriana Cornelia Sebregts (70), Anderlecht (Brussel) (België)
- Anna Cornelia Straver (85), Deurne
- Alida Maria Leliaert (75), Brugge
- Achiel Jozef Dewulf (65), Torhout
- * Anna Maria Nicols (70), Vlijmen
- Aletta Jean Wierenga (63)
- Agatha Kaashoek (82), Rheden
- Aletta Jean Wieringa (62), Fremont,, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Adriaantje Vroegop (72)
- Agnes Elza BUCKET (81), Lomme, 59160, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 8, 1985 at Delpher
Born on February 8
- 1983 » Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983 » Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player
- 1983 » Jim Verraros, American singer and actor
- 1984 » Cecily Strong, American actress
- 1984 » Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian skier
- 1984 » Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1985 » Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter
- 1985 » Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player
- 1987 » Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
- 1987 » Javi García, Spanish footballer
Died on February 8
- 1977 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)
- 1979 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1980 » Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 1982 » John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)
- 1985 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)
- 1987 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1990 » Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
- 1990 » Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)
- 1992 » Denny Wright, British guitarist (b. 1924)
- 1992 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)
Names that were popular for boys in 1985
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Peter
- John
- David
- Willem
- Thomas
- Robert
- Hendrik
- Mark
- Jeroen
- Maria
- Paul
Names that were popular for girls in 1985
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Elizabeth
- Linda
- Ann
- Anne
- Catharina
- Kim
- Laura
- Cornelia
- Nicole
- Jessica
- Wilhelmina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1985
- 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.
- March 20 » Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
- July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
- August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
- September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
- October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
The weather on Friday February 8, 1985
The average temperature on February 8, 1985 was -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI