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• Carla Johanna Wiersma, Calgary, AB, Canada († 2010)
• Hayo van der Mije, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amy Schoffelen

• Cecile Dorothé Voûte (85), Hilversum
• Agnes Catherine Curley (97), Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Ben Baesjou (53)
• Berend Blesma (75), Wolvega
• Bartha Dirkje de Kroeze (84)
• Andries Pieter Molenaar * (68)
• Cornelia van der Veen (83)
• Catharina Johanna van Daalen (74), Waalwijk
• Andries Pieter Molenaar (68)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Rops (37), Teteringen

• 1983 » Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer
• 1983 » Nicole Cooke, Welsh cyclist
• 1983 » Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• 1984 » Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer
• 1984 » Jarmo Ahjupera, Estonian footballer
• 1985 » Algo Kärp, Estonian skier
• 1985 » Anna Jennings-Edquist, Australian actress, director, and playwright
• 1985 » Cody Nickson, American reality television personality
• 1986 » Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player
• 1986 » Michael Bingham, American-English sprinter

• 1978 » Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)
• 1980 » Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)
• 1983 » Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)
• 1983 » Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)

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.
• April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
• May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
• June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
• October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
• November 19 » Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
• November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

The temperature on April 13, 1985 was between 4.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.