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• Antonius Pius Latour (90), Eindhoven
• Anton BERGMAN (68)
• Antje de Bruin (88)
• Adrianus Steven van den Bosch (61), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Aalzen Andries Booi (64), Houtigehage, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Donker (89), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Scheeren (84)
• Arie Kraaijeveld (48), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Bouwland (70)
• Clara Eugenia Maria Ignatia van HÖVELL TOT WESTERFLIER (106), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1985 » Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver
• 1986 » Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Ashley Fink, American actress and singer
• 1986 » Bartolomé Salvá Vidal, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 » Edder Delgado, Honduran footballer
• 1986 » Josh Carter, American basketball player
• 1986 » Kōhei Horikoshi, Japanese manga artist
• 1986 » Koudai Tsukakoshi, Japanese race car driver
• 1986 » Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter
• 1986 » William Fernando da Silva, Brazilian footballer

• 1978 » Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
• 1978 » Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
• 1980 » John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Richard Loo, Chinese-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Carlo Campanini, Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Amanda
12. Stephanie
13. Anna
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
• January 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
• July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
• October 10 » A 5.7 M_w  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
• November 6 » Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2⁄₂ miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
• November 25 » Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
• November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

The temperature on November 20, 1986 was between 2.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.