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• Brian Kathman, NE, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Aaron Michael Todd ? *****, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Willem Baukes Westerterp, Oldeboorn, Friesland, Netherlands

• Aart Aardoom (79), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Dirkje van den Berg (71), Spijk/Heukelum
• Adriana (Sjaan) Johanna Olijhoek (82), Katwijk
• Célina Marie NARAS (69), Rennes, 35000, France
• Drieka Martens (86), Asten-Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ebele Dijkstra (76), -
• Charlotte Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (85), Budapest,, Hongrie
• Esther Johanna van Steenwijk (78), Orange Co., California, Verenigde Staten
• Annie van Dongen (51), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Dongen (51), Dongen

• 1981 » Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
• 1982 » Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
• 1982 » David Harrison, American basketball player
• 1982 » Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
• 1983 » Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
• 1985 » Nipsey Hussle, American rapper († 2019)
• 1987 » Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
• 1987 » Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
• 1987 » Sean McAllister, English footballer
• 1988 » Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer

• 1981 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
• 1989 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
• 1992 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)

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.
• March 16 » Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
• May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
• July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
• October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
• October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
• November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

The temperature on August 15, 1985 was between 9.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.