About the day » Sunday April 28, 1985Calender converter

• Cees van Duyvenvoorde († 2005)
• Ryan Michael Gorter, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2014)
• Cornelis van Duijvenvoorde († 2005)
• Matthias Felisiak, Erlangen († 2009)

• Catharina Maria Adriana Harnas (80), Ede
• Cornelis Witteveen (97), Bolsward, Fr, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Haverkamp (76), Heeten (Raalte)
• Anna Maria Gohler (91), Someren
• Aleida Maria Bouwman (101), Heerlen, Nederland
• Antonius Christiaan Morskieft (82), Hengelo
• Catharina Brands (0)
• Albert Odink (84), Oud Lutten
• Augusta Josephina Helena Maassen (74), Roermond
• Avert Vannette (84), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America

• 1983 » David Freese, American baseball player
• 1983 » Graham Wagg, English cricketer
• 1983 » Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1983 » Roger Johnson, English footballer
• 1983 » Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
• 1984 » Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer
• 1985 » Deividas Stagniūnas, Lithuanian ice dancer
• 1985 » Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
• 1986 » Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1986 » Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player

• 1976 » Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1987 » Ben Linder, American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
• 1991 » Steve Broidy, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)

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 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
• 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.
• June 23 » A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
• July 19 » The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 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 28, 1985 was between 1.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.