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• Thomas Vankerckhoven, Heverlee († 2004)
• Stephan van RIE († 1985)
• *Brooke Erin AINSLIE († 1985)

• Antonius Hendricus Johannes van Kooten (90), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie (Annie) Jellema (53), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolus Emilius WITTEVROUW (89)
• Adrianus Petrus de Prenter (87), Roosendaal
• Anna Cornelia Weegink (66), Leidschendam
• Christiaan Salomons (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Charles Huel Merrick (88), Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
• Bartel Meeuwsen (75), Rilland Bath
• Antonius Hendricus Johannes van Kooten- (90), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Mathea Janssen (83), Groeningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1983 » Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1984 » Christopher Pearce, English cricketer
• 1985 » David Cavazos, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Jan Zimmermann, German footballer
• 1985 » Sabrina Jalees, Canadian comedian, dancer, actress, presenter, and writer
• 1985 » Valon Behrami, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Candace Parker, American basketball player
• 1986 » Gabe Pruitt, American basketball player
• 1986 » Pascal Angan, Beninese footballer
• 1986 » Will Thursfield, English-Australian footballer

• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
• 1989 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1993 » David Koresh, American religious leader (b. 1959)
• 1993 » George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian-German SS officer (b. 1919)

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 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
• March 3 » A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 17 » Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

The temperature on April 19, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.