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• Myrthe Maria Josepha Foppele, Waalwijk

• Carlo Moulckers (74), Hasselt (B), België
• Anna Maria Malcontent (84), Zundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van der Hoff (63), Hardinxveld
• Arrien Lassche (87), Sint Jansklooster
• Cornelia Lokerse (64), 's Heer Arendskerke
• Cor Verhoeven (63)
• Celine Gerarda De Baets (71), Eeklo, OVL, B
• Aaldrik Zaaiman (95), Amsterdam
• Antje Garsthagen (72), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Wilhelmina Maria van Dongen (65), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1984 » Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 » Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1984 » Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player († 2011)
• 1984 » Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
• 1985 » Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985 » Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Megan Fox, American actress
• 1986 » Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect

• 1977 » Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 » A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 » Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1990 » Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 1990 » Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)

• 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.
• February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
• May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
• July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
• September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• December 16 » Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.

The temperature on May 16, 1985 was between 9.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.