About the day » Wednesday May 29, 1985Calender converter

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

• Anna Spelt (86), Gouda
• Constance Anna Haak (71), Ubachsberg, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks de Groot (90), Visvliet, Groningen, Nederland
• Achiel LAFOURT (63), Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aafje Schoonhoven (65), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van der Velden (72), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Koster (91), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustinus Joannes Ludovicus De Laet (82), Herentals
• Abraham A. Bos (56)
• Achsah Gladys Blackburn (92), Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois

• 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)

• 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.
• June 15 » Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
• September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
• September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• October 10 » US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
• December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.

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.