About the day » Friday July 5, 1985Calender converter
July 4, 1985Died on Friday July 5, 1985
- Cornell Byron Bryhn (67)
- A.h.k. HOFMAN (69), Cauberg
- Cecil John FORD (83)
- Cornelia Bernhardina (Lie) Fliehe (73), Nieuw Millingen
- Cornelia Bernardina Jansen (73), Arnhem
- Alfred E. Mattingly (55), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Dale Martin Ashby (80), Houston, Harris, TX
- Baukje Lautenbach (84), Leeuwarden
- Charlotte Frederika Kollaard (86), Arnhem
- Adrianus van Kempen (89)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 5, 1985 at Delpher
Born on July 5
- 1983 » Jonás Gutiérrez, Argentinian footballer
- 1983 » Marco Estrada, Mexican baseball player
- 1984 » Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
- 1984 » Zack Miller, American golfer
- 1985 » Alexandre R. Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 » Megan Rapinoe, American soccer player
- 1986 » Alexander Radulov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1986 » Iurii Cheban, Ukrainian canoe sprinter
- 1986 » Owl City, American singer, songwriter and composer
- 1986 » Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer († 2012)
Died on July 5
- 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
- 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
- 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
- 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
- 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)
- 1984 » Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1914)
- 1991 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and essayist (b. 1920)
- 1995 » Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- 1997 » A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
- 1998 » Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 1985
- Jan
- Mark
- Jeroen
- Michael
- Peter
- Thomas
- Pieter
- Johannes
- David
- Bart
- Dennis
- Sander
- Robert
- Kevin
- Paul
- Tim
Names that were popular for girls in 1985
- Maria
- Linda
- Kim
- Laura
- Jessica
- Johanna
- Anna
- Stephanie
- Charlotte
- Sarah
- Esther
- Amanda
- Judith
- Nicole
- Anne
- Marieke
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.
- May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
- June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
- July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
- July 17 » Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
- August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
- November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
Weather July 5, 1985
The temperature on July 5, 1985 was between 16.6 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.