About the day » Sunday May 12, 1985Calender converter

• Joslynn Joy Mentzer, Gilette, Campbell County, Wyoming (USA) († 2020)
• Bicker, Breda († 2011)

• Cornelis Adriaan van der Slikke (70)
• Annie McAleer (82), Loughmacrory, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Alfons Hillen (60), Meerle (Belgie)
• Arie Snijders (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clyde Paul Perdue (81), Klamath, Klamath, Oregon, United States
• Antonius Leonardus Gloudemans (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Hendrik van Ooijen (76)
• Bibiana Van Hoyweghen (74), Hoboken,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Margaretha Blom (88), Amsterdam
• Anne Marie Elisa Martha Vriesen (44)

• 1983 » Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician
• 1983 » Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
• 1983 » Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1983 » Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1984 » Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer
• 1985 » Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter
• 1985 » Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
• 1985 » Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 » Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
• 1986 » Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer

• 1980 » Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
• 1992 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)
• 1994 » Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
• 1994 » John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
• November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

The temperature on May 12, 1985 was between 9.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.