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• Alien Lamberink († 1985)

• Andreas Nicolaas Evers (56), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Annetje Van Maanen (82), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Derk Borst (99)
• cornelis van der BIEZEN (73)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Verbunt (80), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Heisterkamp (82), Amsterdam
• Berendina Maria Belderink (84), Denekamp, 7591, Nederland
• van KESTER (79)
• Anna Maria de Vries (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Inse Otten (27), De Cocksdorp

• 1984 » Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian
• 1984 » Marshall Allman, American actor
• 1984 » Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete
• 1985 » Daniel Congré, French footballer
• 1985 » Erwin l'Ami, Dutch chess player
• 1985 » Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster
• 1985 » Jolanda Keizer, Dutch heptathlete
• 1985 » Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist
• 1985 » Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer
• 1985 » Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist

• 1981 » Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)
• 1981 » Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (b. 1890)
• 1982 » Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1989 » Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)

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.
• January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• March 8 » A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
• May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
• July 13 » The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.

The temperature on April 5, 1985 was between 9.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.