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• Nathan Matthijsse
• Jeroen van Ginneken
• Charlotte Helena Jongeleen, Spijkenisse, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Burggraaf († 1985)

• Burggraaf (0)
• Anna Christina Kitzen (68), Sittard, Sittard-Geleen
• Antonius Johannes Bastiaanssen (55)
• Clarence David Todd ?**** (88), Earlville, La Salle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna (An) de Lange (66), Eindhoven
• Baukje Jelles (Bessie) Teitsma (94), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje 'Bessie' Teitsma (94), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alina Elisa Pattyn (80), Roeselare
• Alfons Theophiel Cannaerts (76), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bauke Teitsma (94), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1982 » Antoine Vermette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 » Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 » Matt Gilroy, American ice hockey player
• 1985 » David Mundy, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Harley Morenstein, Canadian actor and YouTube personality
• 1985 » John Francis Daley, American actor and screenwriter
• 1986 » Osric Chau, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1987 » Niall McGinn, Irish footballer
• 1987 » Nicola Benedetti, Scottish violinist
• 1988 » Julianne Hough, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer

• 1976 » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)
• 1980 » Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Frank Reynolds, American soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Richard Egan, American soldier and actor (b. 1921)
• 1989 » Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913)
• 1990 » Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945)
• 1994 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897)

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. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Judith
14. Nicole
15. Anne
16. Marieke

• 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.
• January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
• 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.
• May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
• June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
• December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

The temperature on July 20, 1985 was between 11.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.