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• Max Alexander Wilson III († 2016)

• Antje Antina de Vos (79), Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Bouktje Terpstra (71), Leek, Gr., NL
• Anna Philomena Netten (101)
• Anna Blocker (85), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota
• Beerdje van de Streek (81), Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• Beertje van de Streek (81), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Berend Tangenberg (80), De Krim
• Beertje van de Streek (81), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnold Jozef (Jo) Raemaekers (68), Heerlen, Nederland
• Arend Zweekhorst (80), Vaassen,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1983 » Román Martínez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 » Vasily Koshechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 » Yuliya Golubchikova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1984 » Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
• 1984 » Ben Franks, Australian-born New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 » Brett Holman, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Danny Vukovic, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Dustin Byfuglien, American ice hockey player
• 1986 » Manuel Neuer, German footballer
• 1987 » Jefferson Bernárdez, Honduran footballer

• 1978 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1981 » Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer and academic (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Fazlur Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929)
• 1987 » William Bowers, American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Charles Willeford, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1898)
• 1989 » May Allison, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1990 » Percy Beard, American hurdler and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Aldo Ray, American actor (b. 1926)

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 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• 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.
• March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
• March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
• May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
• September 19 » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

The temperature on March 27, 1985 was between 1.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.