About the day » Monday July 15, 1985Calender converter

• Mike Philippo, Haarlem
• Christophe D. Booy († 2006)
• Ryan Grammens († 2018)

• Adriana Mikhout (67), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aenne Eissing (75), Papenburg. Emsland
• Aaltje Francina van Nieuwpoort (78)
• Anna Maria van den Berkmortel (Jet) (84), Asten-Heusden
• Cornelis van Baast (82), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur H. Lusty Sr. (82), Lake Wales, Polk, Florida, United States
• Columba Bouwmeester (75), Katwijk
• Allie Mae Massey (82), Brandon, Mississippi
• Antje de Hooge (80), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Alida Barbara van Kessel (78), Nieuwegein

• 1982 » Julien Canal, French racing driver
• 1983 » Heath Slater, American wrestler
• 1983 » Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
• 1983 » Salvatore Iovino, American racing driver
• 1983 » Will Rudge, English cricketer
• 1984 » Angelo Siniscalchi, Italian footballer
• 1984 » Veronika Velez-Zuzulová, Slovak skier
• 1985 » Sanjeev, Tamil actor
• 1985 » Tomer Kapon, Israeli actor
• 1986 » Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1979 » Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico, 1964-1970 (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Frédéric Dorion, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)
• 1989 » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
• 1990 » Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
• 1990 » Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Zaim Topčić, Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)

• 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 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
• July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
• October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
• October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
• November 21 » United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
• 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 July 15, 1985 was between 12.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.