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• Auke Barend Duinsbergen, Utrecht († 1985)
• Vera den Haan, Breda

• Adriaan Visser (83), (vermoedelijk) Bleskensgraaf
• Clarence Edward Howard (85), Miami, Florida
• Alida Gerarda Boere (68), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Abraham Kodde (88), St. Annaland
• Alke Meendering (73), Pallert, Bourtange, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bernarda Pierik (21)
• Adrianus Jochems (83), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Anthonius Schouten (77), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Verdugt (94), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Aartje Dammen (88), Amsterdam

• 1983 » Ari Graynor, American actress and producer
• 1983 » Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 » Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 » Patrick Stump, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1984 » Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 » José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner
• 1986 » Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
• 1986 » Hayley Mulheron, Scottish netball player
• 1986 » Jenna Coleman, English actress

• 1973 » Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
• 1992 » Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1996 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1996 » William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)

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.
• April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
• June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
• August 22 » British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
• November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
• November 19 » Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
• December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

The temperature on April 27, 1985 was between 1.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.