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• Hanneke Maria Elisabeth Pelkmans
• Arnoldus Maria Glorie, Alkmaar († 1986)
• Crystal Dawn Kellenberger, Thousand Oaks, California

• Agnes Maude Anderson (89), Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
• Bernardus Heimgartner (60), Garderen
• Butter (73)
• Arie Johannes BOELHOUWERS (85), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barend Nagel (72), Blaricum
• Antoon Kesselaer (67), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albert FRAAIJ (71), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Antonius Cornelis Adrianus Maria Beljaars (91), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon C A M Beljaars (91), Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augusta Pott (68)

• 1983 » Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 » Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
• 1983 » Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
• 1984 » Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
• 1984 » Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
• 1985 » Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
• 1986 » Alysia Montaño, American runner
• 1986 » Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
• 1986 » Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
• 1987 » Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer

• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
• 1990 » Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

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. 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.
• May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
• August 12 » Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
• October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
• November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
• November 15 » The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

The temperature on April 23, 1985 was between 2.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.