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July 30, 1985Died on Wednesday July 31, 1985
- Bernardus Christiaan Petrus Wilhelmus Reuser (77), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
- Charlene Gladys Justen (52), Mc Henry, Mchenry, Illinois, United States of America
- Anne van de Bult (78)
- Christiaan de Roode (78), Leiden
- Boukje Nicola (78)
- Adrianus Pouw (93), Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen), Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Josephus VERSTRATEN (72), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
- Anne van de Bult (78), Bovensmilde (Smilde)
- Charlie Bruce Keith (76), Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States
- Agapito Billalva Robledo (76), Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 31, 1985 at Delpher
Born on July 31
- 1981 » Titus Bramble, English footballer
- 1981 » Vernon Carey, American football player
- 1982 » Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
- 1982 » DeMarcus Ware, American football player
- 1985 » Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer
- 1985 » Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist
- 1986 » Brian Orakpo, American football player
- 1986 » Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1987 » Michael Bradley, American soccer player
- 1988 » Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player
Died on July 31
- 1979 » Beatrix Lehmann, English actress and director (b. 1903)
- 1980 » Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer (b. 1924)
- 1980 » Pascual Jordan, German physicist, author, and academic (b. 1902)
- 1981 » Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
- 1985 » Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
- 1986 » Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
- 1987 » Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
- 1990 » Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1992 » Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (b. 1917)
- 1993 » Baudouin, King of Belgium (b. 1930)
Names that were popular for boys in 1985
Names that were popular for girls in 1985
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1985
- 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 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
- March 4 » The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
- June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
- October 10 » US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
- November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
- November 23 » Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
Weather July 31, 1985
The temperature on July 31, 1985 was between 11.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.