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• Georges de Schoenaich-Carolath, Düsseldorf, 05111, Allemagne († 1994)
• Andy Heisters († 1985)
• Lindsay Molema, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
• Georg Maria Steven Wilderich Sieghard Sebastiaan Prins van Schönaich-Carolath, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1994)

• Alice Ella Cox (86), Los Angeles
• Alfons-Benedictus BOS (35), Brussel(B)
• Antje de Groot (90), -
• Aldegonda Cornelia Maria Jacobs (52), Venlo
• Anna Koster (91), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Udema (83), Oostwold, Midwolda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Ana Margarida Vieira Ribeiro (56), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adolf Julius Bock (76), Hamm, 59063, Duitsland
• Albert Mulder (85), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Charles Joseph Beckers (77), Genk, België

• 1984 » Andreas Schäffer, German footballer
• 1984 » Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
• 1984 » Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper
• 1984 » Ina Wroldsen, Norwegian singer and songwriter
• 1984 » Nia Jax, Australian-American professional wrestler
• 1985 » Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1987 » Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer († 2019)
• 1987 » Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper
• 1987 » Noah Reid, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1977 » Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
• 1979 » John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
• 1988 » Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
• 1989 » George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)

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. Anne
15. Nicole
16. Jennifer

• 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.
• May 5 » Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
• May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
• July 10 » An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.
• August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
• October 26 » The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.
• November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

The temperature on May 29, 1985 was between 7.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.